How do you say “to press” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say abriva, apieja, apreissa, cacha, desfaire, destregne. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | abriva, apieja, apreissa, cacha, desfaire, destregne, encadeissa, esquicha, quicha, s'esquicha, trouia |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
abriva
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to accelerate, to make run, to launch; to activate; to catch; to expedite; to dispatch; to hurry (oneself); to hasten; to mystify; to press |
apieja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to press, to strike hard |
apreissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to press |
cacha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to hide, to break, to crunch, to crush, to bruise, to oppress, to parry, to press, to beat down, to slice, to squash |
desfaire
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to undo, to press; to dislocate |
destregne
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to press |
encadeissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to press; to size |
esquicha
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | compressed crushed, to press; hurried; blissful; to compress; to oppress; oppressed; prudish; tight; to squeeze out; compression; grip |
| Feminine | esquichado |
| Variants | esquichado |
quicha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to knock; to compress; to insist; hurried; to press; to squeeze; to embrace |
s'esquicha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to crowd together, to press |
trouia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to press; to tread |