/depɾiˈmiɾ/

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Translation

to depress, to get down

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Word origin

From Latin deprimere ('to press down'), from de- ('down') plus premere ('to press').

Origin
Latin
Root
deprimere
English cognates
depress, press

Grammar

Verb type-ir regular

Conjugation

Regular -ir conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yodeprimodeprimídeprimíadeprimirédeprimiría
túdeprimesdeprimistedeprimíasdeprimirásdeprimirías
él/ella/ud.deprimedeprimiódeprimíadeprimirádeprimiría
nos.deprimimosdeprimimosdeprimíamosdeprimiremosdeprimiríamos
vos.deprimísdeprimisteisdeprimíaisdeprimiréisdeprimiríais
ellos/uds.deprimendeprimierondeprimíandeprimirándeprimirían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yodeprimadeprimieradeprimiese
túdeprimasdeprimierasdeprimieses
él/ella/ud.deprimadeprimieradeprimiese
nos.deprimamosdeprimiéramosdeprimiésemos
vos.deprimáisdeprimieraisdeprimieseis
ellos/uds.deprimandeprimierandeprimiesen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
túdeprime
ud.deprima
nosotrosdeprimamos
vosotrosdeprimid
uds.depriman

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
deprimiendo
Past participle
deprimido

Examples

.

Do not let the bad news get you down.

.

The grey winter weather gets me down a little.

, .

When she gets depressed, she prefers to be alone at home.

.

Talking to a friend stops you from getting depressed.

, .

I do not want to bring you down, but the meeting went badly.

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This word is taught in chapter 30, lesson 4: deprimir, alivio, comparar and 7 more words.