Puristaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to press; to clasp, grasp, grip, squeeze, shake, clench, flatten, squash (apply pressure from multiple sides at once)
   • puristaa kädessä ― to grasp, clasp, squeeze
   • puristaa käsiä ― to squeeze/shake hands
   • puristaa hampaat yhteen ― to clench one's teeth
2. (transitive) to squeeze (out), press (extract by applying pressure from multiple sides at once)
3. (transitive) to compress (to press together into a smaller space)
   1. (transitive) to flatten (to make flat by applying pressure) (usually with e.g. litteäksi)
      • Synonym: litistää
4. (intransitive, transitive, usually atelic) to be too tight (of clothing)
   1. to rub, pinch (of shoes, to be too tight)
   2. to constrict (of a collar, to be too tight)
5. (transitive, figuratively) to wring (to obtain by force)

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".