# comprimir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprimere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.pɾiˈmi]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kom.pɾiˈmi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kom.pɾiˈmiɾ]

### Verb

comprimir (first-person singular present comprimeixo, first-person singular preterite comprimí, past participle comprimit)
* to compress
* (computing) to zip, compress

#### Antonyms

* descomprimir

#### Derived terms

* aire comprimit
* comprimit

#### Related terms

* compressió

### Further reading

* “comprimir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “comprimir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “comprimir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “comprimir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin comprimere.

### Verb

comprimir (first-person singular present comprimo, first-person singular preterite comprimín, past participle comprimido) comprimir (first-person singular present comprimo, first-person singular preterite comprimim or comprimi, past participle comprimido, short past participle compresso, reintegrationist norm)
* to compress
* (computing) to zip, compress

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Less recommended.

#### Antonyms

* descomprimir

#### Derived terms

* aire comprimido
* comprimido

#### Related terms

* compresión

### Further reading

* “comprimir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “comprimir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprimere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾiˈmi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾiˈmi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾiˈmi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾiˈmi.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: com‧pri‧mir

### Verb

comprimir (first-person singular present comprimo, first-person singular preterite comprimi, past participle comprimido, short past participle compresso)
* to compress
* (computing) to zip, compress

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

#### Antonyms

* descomprimir

#### Derived terms

* comprimido

#### Related terms

* compressão

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprimere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kompɾiˈmiɾ/ [kõm.pɾiˈmiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: com‧pri‧mir

### Verb

comprimir (first-person singular present comprimo, first-person singular preterite comprimí, past participle comprimido)
* (transitive) to compress (to make smaller; to press or squeeze together)
    Antonym: descomprimir
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 304:Para hacer cesar el hipo, es bueno comprimirse un lado de la nariz y contener un instante la respiración.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (computing) to zip, compress (to make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits)
    Antonym: descomprimir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* aire comprimido
* comprimible
* comprimido
* descomprimir

#### Related terms

* compresa
* compresible
* compresión
* compresivo
* compresor

### Further reading

* “comprimir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10