How do you say “to press” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say abriva, apieja, apreissa, cacha, desfaire, destregne.
| 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 |
quicha
| Grammatical category | Verb, Adjective |
| English translation | to knock, to compress, to insist, hurried, to press, to squeeze, to embrace |
| Feminine | ichado |
s'esquicha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to crowd together, to press, to strive |
| Variants | s’esquicha |
trouia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to press, to tread |