verb/kompɾiˈmiɾ/
to compress (to make smaller; to press or squeeze together); to zip, compress (to make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits)
“Para hacer cesar el hipo, es bueno comprimirse un lado de la nariz y contener un instante la respiración.”
Antonyms: descomprimir
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin comprimerebor. Spanish comprimir Borrowed from Latin comprimere.