prensa
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See also: prensá
Pronunciation
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, 2012–2024
Verb
prēnsā
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.
Etymology 1
From prensar (“to press”), from Latin pressāre (“to press”), frequentative of premō (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- 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:
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
prensa f (plural prensas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
prensa
- inflection of prensar:
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], 2024 December 10
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