presión

/pɾeˈsjon/ · A2 · noun · f

pressure

🎈 presión = press + -ion: the pressing; English pressure is its cousin

From Latin pressio, from premere, to press. Spanish -sión matches English -sion, so presión lines up with words like compression and depression. Feminine: la presión. Stress falls on the final syllable, marked by the accent.

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