압박하다

to put pressure on

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
압박하는
아/어Infinitive
압박하
-으니Since
압박하니
합니다Formal
압박합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 압박하요압박합니다압박하압박한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 압박핬어요압박핬습니다압박핬어압박핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 압박하겠어요압박하겠습니다압박하겠어압박하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 압박할 거예요압박할 것입니다압박할 거야압박할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 압박하요?압박합니까?압박하?압박하니?
과거Past 압박핬어요?압박핬습니까?압박핬어?압박핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 압박하세요압박하십시오압박하압박하라
청유Let's 압박하요압박합시다압박하압박하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 압박하요안 압박합니다안 압박하안 압박한다
-지 않다Not (long) 압박하지 않아요압박하지 않습니다압박하지 않아압박하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 압박하요못 압박합니다못 압박하못 압박한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 압박하세요압박하십니다압박하셔압박하신다
과거Past 압박하셨어요압박하셨습니다압박하셨어압박하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
압박하는
과거Past
압박한
미래Future
압박할
회상Used to
압박하던

Joining clauses

-고and
압박하고
-게-ly / so that
압박하게
-어서so / and then
압박하서
-으니까since
압박하니까
-으면if / when
압박하면
-지만but
압박하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
압박하는데
-어도even if
압박하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 압박하고 있어요압박하고 있습니다압박하고 있어압박하고 있다
과거Was doing 압박하고 있었어요압박하고 있었습니다압박하고 있었어압박하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

우리는 정부를 압박했어요.

We put the government under pressure.

그들을 압박해야 합니다.

We must hold their feet to the fire.

살레 대통령 사퇴를 압박하는 미국

US pressure on Saleh to step down

두 번째는 정치인과 정부를 압박해서 우선하게 하세요.

Number two, push your politicians and your governments to make this a public priority.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 압박하다 in Korean?

압박하다 (to put pressure on) is 압박하요 in the polite 해요체, 압박합니다 in formal 합니다체, 압박하 in casual 반말 and 압박한다 in the plain written style. The past is 압박핬어요.

What is the past tense of 압박하다?

압박핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 압박핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 압박하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 압박하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 압박합니다, 압박하, 압박하니 all keep 압박하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 압박하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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