🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

presión

Pronunciation / Transliteration: presión

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pressure/ˈprɛʃ.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Siente mucha presión en el trabajo."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

    "The atmospheric pressure dropped rapidly before the storm arrived."
  2. 2

    The burden of physical, mental, or social demands and stress.

    "She felt intense pressure to complete the project before the deadline."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'pressure' originates from the Latin 'pressura', meaning 'a pressing'. It evolved through Middle English, where it was used to denote the act of pressing or the state of being pressed, reflecting both physical and metaphorical senses of stress or force.

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