heypolyglot
Italian

spremere

/ˈsprɛ.me.re/verbB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 12,354

Meaning

to squeeze

  • to squeeze juice from citrus fruit or vegetables
  • to extract maximum effort or money from someone; to exploit

In a sentence

Spremi due limoni e aggiungi il succo all'insalata.

Squeeze two lemons and add the juice to the salad.

Perché non spremi un'arancia fresca invece di bere bibite gassate?

Why don't you squeeze a fresh orange instead of drinking soda?

Ho spremuto troppa frutta e adesso la caraffa è piena.

I squeezed too much fruit and now the pitcher is full.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
spremereinfinitive
spremoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
spremiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
spremeindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
spremiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
spremeteindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
spremonoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
spremevoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
spremeviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
spremevaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
spremevamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
spremevateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
spremevanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
spremettiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
spremestiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
spremetteindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
sprememmoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
spremesteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
spremetteroindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
spremeròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
spremeraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
spremeràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
spremeremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
spremereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
spremerannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
spremasubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
spremasubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
spremasubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
spremiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
spremiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
spremanosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
spremessisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
spremessisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
spremessesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
spremessimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
spremestesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
spremesserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
spremereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
spremeresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
spremerebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
spremeremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
spremeresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
spremerebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
spremiimperative · singular · 2nd person
spremiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
spremeteimperative · plural · 2nd person
spremendogerund
spremutopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Use 'spremere' for extracting liquid from fruit; use 'stringere' for squeezing a hand or object tightly.

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