deprimere

depress

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deprimere v.tr.

1 (non com.) (abbassare) to lower, to diminish, to depress

2 (fig.) to depress, to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit, to deject: questo tempo mi deprime, this weather depresses me; tutti quegli incidenti lo hanno molto depresso, all those accidents really discouraged (o disheartened) him

3 (econ.) to depress, to hold* down; (far crollare) to bang: deprimere la situazione economica, to depress the economic situation; deprimere il mercato, to bang the market; deprimere i consumi, to hold down consumption

4 (med.) to depress: deprimere l'azione del cuore, to depress the action of the heart.

◘ deprimersi v.intr.pron.

1 (non com.) (abbassarsi) to sink*, to subside

2 (fig.) to get* discouraged, to get* disheartened: è una persona che si deprime facilmente, he is a person who gets depressed easily; non ti deprimere, andrà tutto per il meglio, don't lose heart, it will all come out for the best.

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1. [de'primere]

vb irreg vt

to depress

2. vip (deprimersi)

to become depressed

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[de'primere] 1.

verbo transitivo to depress, to deject

2.

verbo pronominale deprimersi to get* depressed

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deprimere

/de'primere/ [29]

I verbo transitivo

 to depress, to deject

II deprimersi verbo pronominale

 to get* depressed.