No. 4,112 in Portuguese
press
The Portuguese word "press" means "to press" or "to push."
In a sentence
Eu pressionei o botão para ligar a máquina.
I pressed the button to turn on the machine.
Here, 'pressionei' (pressed) refers to physically pushing or applying pressure to the button.
A imprensa anunciou novas medidas governamentais.
The press announced new governmental measures.
In this sentence, 'imprensa' (press) represents the collective news media or journalists who report information.
Você precisa pressionar-se a melhorar seus resultados.
You need to push yourself to improve your results.
The word 'pressionar-se' (push oneself) is used metaphorically to imply self-motivation or exerting effort towards improvement.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “press” in actual Portuguese podcasts.
Find “press” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Portuguese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into português, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Portuguese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).