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From: English ''press'' | From: English ''press'' | ||
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-press.f.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-press.f.ogg</sm2> | ||
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
#Make person use iron wey dey hot take straight cloth. | #Make person use iron wey dey hot take straight cloth. | ||
| − | #:*{{ux|dv|Joke, abeg help me '''press''' my shirt now.|( | + | #:*{{ux|dv|Joke, abeg help me '''press''' my shirt now.|(Joke, please kindly iron my shirt for me now.)}} |
| − | #Make person | + | #Make person put power for hand or leg ontop someting. |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | #:*{{ux|dv|If you dey drive no too dey fire am. Dey '''press''' am small small.|(If you are driving, don’t accelerate too much. Step on it gently.)}} |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | #:*{{ux|dv|'''Press''' di egusi so dat oil go comot! |(KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__22, Squeeze the egusi to extract oil from it.)}} |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| You dey find mama? she dey where de dey '''press''' oil comot from [[banga]] for dere. |(Are you searching for the old lady? She is at the mill.)}} |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Some kind better moto, you no need too '''press''' di brake. E dey sharp, e dey hold; but you see all dose [[jalopy]], you go don first chop better [[six to six]] before you go fit '''press''' di brake. |(For some good cars, you need to hit the brakes too hard. It's usually good and it works well; But some of these old cars, you'll need to eat [[fufu]] before you can hit the brakes well.)}} |
| − | + | # Make person dey do wayo dey collect people [[money]] for online. | |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv|''' | + | #:*{{ux|dv|Dis bros don dey '''press''' since primary school na when wey e reach university na e come pay.|(The now mature guy has persisted in the shady business of cyber theft since primary school; it paid off for him when he was at the university.)}} |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | #:*{{ux|dv| You go school finish sey na press you want dey '''press'''. Tufiakwa!|( After all your education you decided to get involved in internet fraud. God forbid.)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv| E don dey hard to tell area people sey if you [[press]], e go [[over]] you [[last last]] |(It is becoming very difficult to tell the people around that if you get involved in internet fraud, it will end very badly for them.)}} | |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | # Wetin dey happen wey be sey as person dey sleep e go be like person dey ontop am dey push im chest go down or hold im neck make am no fit breat well. |
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Small small dey spend money o. Dem go press craze comot for your body o. | (Spend carefully! They may cause you to have sleep apnoea!)}} |
| + | ====Synonym==== | ||
| + | [[yahoo]] | ||
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
| − | * [[press brake]], [[press hand]] | + | * [[press brake]], [[press hand]], [[pressing]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: ''to iron'', ''squeeze'', ''tap'', | + | * English: ''to iron'', ''squeeze'', ''tap'', ''defraud'', ''hit'' ''squeeze, sleep apnoea'' |
Latest revision as of 00:03, 8 March 2024
Naija
Etymology
From: English press
Pronunciation
- prɛ̂s
Verb
- Make person use iron wey dey hot take straight cloth.
- Joke, abeg help me press my shirt now. — (Joke, please kindly iron my shirt for me now.)
- Make person put power for hand or leg ontop someting.
- If you dey drive no too dey fire am. Dey press am small small. — (If you are driving, don’t accelerate too much. Step on it gently.)
- Press di egusi so dat oil go comot! — (KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__22, Squeeze the egusi to extract oil from it.)
- You dey find mama? she dey where de dey press oil comot from banga for dere. — (Are you searching for the old lady? She is at the mill.)
- Some kind better moto, you no need too press di brake. E dey sharp, e dey hold; but you see all dose jalopy, you go don first chop better six to six before you go fit press di brake. — (For some good cars, you need to hit the brakes too hard. It's usually good and it works well; But some of these old cars, you'll need to eat fufu before you can hit the brakes well.)
- Make person dey do wayo dey collect people money for online.
- Dis bros don dey press since primary school na when wey e reach university na e come pay. — (The now mature guy has persisted in the shady business of cyber theft since primary school; it paid off for him when he was at the university.)
- You go school finish sey na press you want dey press. Tufiakwa! — ( After all your education you decided to get involved in internet fraud. God forbid.)
- E don dey hard to tell area people sey if you press, e go over you last last — (It is becoming very difficult to tell the people around that if you get involved in internet fraud, it will end very badly for them.)
- Wetin dey happen wey be sey as person dey sleep e go be like person dey ontop am dey push im chest go down or hold im neck make am no fit breat well.
- Small small dey spend money o. Dem go press craze comot for your body o. — (Spend carefully! They may cause you to have sleep apnoea!)
Synonym
Related forms
Translations
- English: to iron, squeeze, tap, defraud, hit squeeze, sleep apnoea