Presionado

Presionado is the masculine singular past participle of the Spanish verb presionar. As an adjective, it describes something that has been subjected to pressure or compression, or a person who feels under pressure. In physical and engineering contexts, an object can be described as presionado when external force has produced compression; for example, una pieza presionada por una prensa or un tubo presionado.

In everyday language, estar presionado or sentirse presionado means to be under psychological or social pressure, such as deadlines, expectations, or coercion: “Estoy muy presionado por el trabajo” or “Se siente presionado para tomar una decisión.” In manufacturing and industry, the term is used to indicate that a material has been shaped or formed by pressing; one might refer to una pieza presionada or to un proceso realizado por presión.

In computing and digital interfaces, presionado is used to denote the state of a button or key after user interaction: “El botón está presionado” when it is being held down; events and logs may record as pressed in English.

See also: presión, presionar. These terms are related: presión refers to the force per unit area, while presionar is the action of applying that force. The adjective presionado is widely used across Spanish-speaking technical, industrial, and everyday language to express the idea of subjected to pressure or of being pressed.