Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

pressa

squeeze, put pressure on, press

Meaning

squeeze; put pressure on; press

In Swedish: trycka (ihop)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pressa (squeeze)
Infinitive	att pressa	to squeeze
Present	pressar	jag pressar
Past	pressade	jag pressade
Supine	pressat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har pressat	jag har pressat
Past perfect	hade pressat	jag hade pressat
Future	ska pressa	or: kommer att pressa
Conditional	skulle pressa	jag skulle pressa
Imperative	pressa!	a command
Present participle	pressande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	pressad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of pressa
Infinitive	pressas
Present	pressas
Past	pressades
Supine	pressats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use pressar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise pressa

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Yesterday I … (pressa). Which is the past tense?

pressa in a sentence

hon kände sig pressad
she felt she was under pressure
pressa en citron
squeeze a lemon
stå pressad mot väggen
stand squeezed (pressed) against the wall
pressa ner fötterna i skorna
squeeze one's feet into one's shoes
pressa byxorna
press (iron) one's trousers

Words built with pressa

pressveck crease

Questions

What does pressa mean in English?

pressa means “squeeze, put pressure on”.

What is the past tense of pressa?

The past tense of pressa is pressade (“jag pressade”). The supine is pressat, used in “jag har pressat”.

What is the present tense of pressa?

pressar, the same for every person: jag pressar, du pressar, vi pressar.

Nearby common words

pressa is number 1,532 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,528beställa book, reserve
1,529saknad missing (not able to be located)
1,530ordentligt appropriate, properly
1,531snabbare faster
1,533mardröm nightmare
1,534förbannad angry, bloody, cursed
1,535språk language
1,536dejta to date, to date (someone)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary