prensa
See also: prensá
Galician
Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
From prensar (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, present active infinitive of pressō (“I press”), frequentative of premō (“I 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
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾensa/, [ˈpɾẽnsa]
- Hyphenation: pren‧sa
Derived terms
Verb
prensa
References
- “prensa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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