prensa
See also: prensá
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾensa/ [ˈpɾen.s̺ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ensa
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾɛnsa/ [ˈpɾɛn.s̺ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛnsa
- Hyphenation: pren‧sa
Noun
prensa f (plural prensas)
- printing press
- press (print-based media)
Further reading
- “prensa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Latin
Verb
prēnsā
- second-person singular present active imperative of prēnsō
Occitan
Alternative forms
Noun
prensa f (plural prensas)
- pregnancy
- Synonyms: grossessa, emprenhament
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 481.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From prensar (“to press”), from Latin pressāre (“to press”), frequentative of premō (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾẽ.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: pren‧sa
Noun
prensa f (plural prensas)
- press (device used to apply pressure)
- Synonyms: compressor, espremedor
- printing press
- Synonyms: imprensa, impressora, prelo
Derived terms
- prensa de lagar
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
prensa
- inflection of prensar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾensa/ [ˈpɾẽn.sa]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ensa
- Syllabification: pren‧sa
Etymology 1
Noun
prensa f (plural prensas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
prensa
- inflection of prensar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “prensa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024