A2🏥 Medical
Italian word
pressione
blood pressure; also physical pressure
Looks like
pressure
force applied; stress; blood pressure
⚠️ The trap
Both words work similarly, but in Italian 'pressione' alone (without qualifier) commonly means blood pressure in medical conversations. 'Avere la pressione alta/bassa' is the standard way to express hypertension/hypotension.
To say "force applied; stress; blood pressure" in Italian:
pressione arteriosa / pressione sanguigna (blood pressure)
"pressione" in English means:
blood pressure; also physical pressure
Example
"Ho la pressione alta e devo prendere le medicine ogni giorno."
"I have high blood pressure and I have to take medicine every day."
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