Grammatical class

Noun

pression

(countable or uncountable) pressure

Details

Syllables

pres-sion

Phonetics

pʁɛ.sjɔ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

2815

Freq. (movies)

1371

Freq. (news)

723

Sentences

La pression monte.

The pressure is building.

A1

J'étais sous pression.

I was under pressure.

A1

C'est beaucoup de pression.

That's a lot of pressure.

A1

Veux-tu une bière pression ?

Would you like a draft beer?

A1

La pression était énorme.

The pressure was tremendous.

A2

Il me met vraiment la pression.

He is really putting the squeeze on me.

A2

Il a cédé à la pression.

He yielded to pressure.

B1

La pression extérieure a augmenté.

The pressure from outside grew.

B1

Ne cède pas à la pression des pairs.

Don't give in to peer pressure.

B1

Tu ne serais pas capable de gérer la pression.

You wouldn't be able to handle the pressure.

B1

Ils ont agi de la sorte sous la pression des circonstances.

They acted that way under the pressure of circumstances.

B2

Je suis toujours sous pression.

I'm always under pressure.

C2