Meaning
to press
- to pull (a trigger)
- to be important
In a sentence
Premi questo tasto per aprire la porta.
Press this button to open the door.
Hai premuto il grilletto per sbaglio?
Did you pull the trigger by mistake?
Mi preme parlare con te oggi.
It's important to me to talk to you today.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| premere | infinitive |
| premiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| premo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| premete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| premi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| premono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| preme | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| premevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| premevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| premevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| premevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| premevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| premeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| prememmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| premetti | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| premeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| premesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| premettero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| premette | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| premeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| premerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| premerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| premerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| premeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| premerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| premiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| prema | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| premiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| prema | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| premano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| prema | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| premessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| premessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| premeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| premessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| premessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| premesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| premeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| premerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| premereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| premeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| premerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| premerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| premiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| premete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| premi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| premendo | gerund |
| premuto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use premere for pressing buttons or applying pressure; schiacciare more often means crush, flatten, or squash.
- For triggers, premere il grilletto is standard. Tirare il grilletto also exists, but means literally pull the trigger.
- Premere can take su: premere su un tasto. In everyday speech, premere un tasto without su is very common.