WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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press [sth] in,
press in [sth] vtr + adv | (depress: a button, etc.) | apretar⇒ vtr |
| | | oprimir⇒ vtr |
| | | hacer presión loc verb |
| | The doorbell is broken: you have to press it in hard to get it to work. |
| | El timbre está roto, tienes que apretar fuerte para hacerlo funcionar. |
| press in vi phrasal | figurative (make [sb] feel claustrophobic) | venirse encima loc verb |
| | | oprimir⇒ vtr |
| | It felt like the walls were pressing in all around her. |
| | Sentía que las paredes se le venían encima. |
| | Sentía que las paredes la oprimían. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Locuciones verbales
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| press in on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (make [sb] feel claustrophobic) | hacer sentir claustrofóbico a loc verb |
| | It felt as if the crowd was pressing in on Pat, and she began to panic. |