Polyglot Dictionary

apremiar

/apɾeˈmjaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
apremio
preterite (yo)
apremié
past participle
apremiado

Meaning

  1. to urge

    • El tiempo apremia.

      Time is pressing.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

instar

apremiar and instar are close synonyms for "to urge"; instar leans toward direct exhortation.

exhortar

exhortar is more formal than apremiar, often used for public or moral exhortation.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

instar

instar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to urge."

Practice

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