Puristaa

Translations

1. to press; to clasp, grasp, grip, squeeze, shake, clench, flatten, squash (to apply pressure)

   puristaa kädessä ― to grasp, clasp, squeeze

   puristaa käsiä ― to squeeze/shake hands

   puristaa hampaat yhteen ― to clench one's teeth

2. to compress (to press together into a smaller space)
3. to flatten (to make flat by applying pressure)
4. to rub, pinch (of shoes, to be too tight)
5. to constrict (of a collar, to be too tight)
6. 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".