imprensa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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  • Hyphenation: im‧pren‧sa

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Spanish imprensa; ultimately from Latin impressus (“printed”).

Noun

imprensa f (plural imprensas)

  1. the press (collective term for printed media)
  2. publisher
    Synonym: gráfica
  3. (uncountable) printing (process or business of producing printed material)
  4. printing press
    Synonyms: impressora, prensa, prelo
Derived terms
  • imprensa amarela
  • imprensa marrom
  • imprensa nanica

Etymology 2

Verb

imprensa

  1. inflection of imprensar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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