Pressing in Malayalam
ഞെക്ക് (nekk) is the noun for a press or a squeeze, the pressing of a button or of a lemon, and comes straight from the everyday verb for squeezing. It is short, spoken and unceremonious.
Most common translation
Squeezing, pressing.
ചെറിയ ഞെക്ക് കൊണ്ട് പേസ്റ്റ് പുറത്തുവന്നു.
cheriya nekk kondu pesttu purathuvannu.
A small squeeze brought the paste out.
All Malayalam words for “pressing”
- ഞെക്ക് (nekk) — Squeezing, pressing.
- തിക്കല് (thikkal) — Pressing, crowding, congestion, gasping.
തിക്കല് (thikkal) is pressing of another kind, the crush and jostle of a crowd. Neither word carries the English sense of pressing as urgent.
Common questions
How do you say pressing in Malayalam?
ഞെക്ക് (nekk) for a squeeze or press, തിക്കല് (thikkal) for pressing and crowding.
How do you say a pressing matter?
Not with these words. Pressing in the sense of urgent calls for a word for urgency instead.