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)

1. printing press
2. press (print-based media)

Further reading

• “prensa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Latin

Verb

prēnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prēnsō

Occitan

Alternative forms

• prenhesa

Noun

prensa f (plural prensas)

1. 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)

1. press (device used to apply pressure)

   Synonyms: compressor, espremedor

2. printing press

   Synonyms: imprensa, impressora, prelo

Derived terms

• prensa de lagar

Related terms

• imprensa
• prensado
• prensador
• prensagem
• prensar
• prensista

 

Etymology 2

Verb

prensa

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾensa/ [ˈpɾẽn.sa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ensa
• Syllabification: pren‧sa

Etymology 1

From Catalan premsa.

Noun

prensa f (plural prensas)

1. press (print-based media)
2. press (machine)
3. press (exercise)

Derived terms

• banco de prensa
• comunicado de prensa
• conferencia de prensa
• en prensa
• jefe de prensa
• libertad de prensa
• nota de prensa
• prensa amarilla
• prensa de ajo
• prensa digital
• prensa rosa
• rueda de prensa

 

Etymology 2

Verb

prensa

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

Further reading

• “prensa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28