No. 10,390 in Catalan
prement
"Prement" in Catalan means "pressing" or "squeezing" in English.
In a sentence
Estava prement el botó per apagar la llum.
I was pressing the button to turn off the light.
The word 'prement' is used here as a gerund form of the verb 'premre', meaning 'pressing', to indicate the ongoing action of applying pressure on the button.
La màquina es va posar en marxa prement un sol botó.
The machine started by pressing a single button.
In this sentence, 'prement' is used to describe the action needed to start the machine, situated in a subordinate clause indicating the means.
En Marc està prement amb força per obrir el pot.
Marc is pressing forcefully to open the jar.
Here, 'prement' denotes the current action Marc is performing, applying pressure to open the jar.
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