imprima

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Verb

imprima

1. third-person singular past historic of imprimer

Italian

Verb

imprima

1. inflection of imprimere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

imprima

1. inflection of imprimir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.priˈma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: im‧pri‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French imprimer.

Verb

a imprima (third-person singular present imprimă, past participle imprimat, third-person subjunctive imprime) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to print (produce paper copies)

   Synonyms: tipări, scoate la imprimantă, lista (dated), printa (Anglicism)

2. (transitive, textiles) to stamp
3. (transitive, dated) to record audio on a physical medium
   • 1956, Tiberiu Alexandru, Instrumente muzicale ale poporului romîn [Musical instruments of the Romanian people], Bucharest: Editura de Stat pentru Literatură și Artă, page 313:

     În manuscrisul original lipsește sunetul scos de bîzoi, fapt pe care ni-l explicăm prin aceea că în înregistrările acustice pe cilindrii de fonograf sunetele grave nu se pot imprima.

     In the original manuscript the sound made by the drone is missing, which is explained by the fact that bass sounds can not be recorded in acoustic recordings on phonograph cylinder.

4. (transitive) to impress, mark with pressure

Usage notes

While not differentiated in the past, imprima now refers to printing at a personal scale using a printer, while tipări typically refers to commercial, professional printing.

Derived terms

• imprimabil
• imprimerie

Related terms

• imprimantă
• imprimeu
• impresie

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French empreindre.

Verb

a imprima (third-person singular present imprimă, past participle imprimat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to imbue [with dative]
   • 1975, chapter 28, in Nicolae D. Gane, transl., Demonul meschin, Cartea Românească, translation of The Petty Demon by Fyodor Sologub, page 252:

     Și începu să vorbească — repede, clar și fără a căuta să imprime cuvintelor sale o semnificație deosebită.

     And he started speaking—rapidly, clearly and without trying to imbue his words with a particular significance.

Conjugation

    conjugation of imprima (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a imprima
gerund			imprimând
past participle			imprimat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	imprim	imprimi	imprimă	imprimăm	imprimați	imprimă
	imperfect	imprimam	imprimai	imprima	imprimam	imprimați	imprimau
	simple perfect	imprimai	imprimași	imprimă	imprimarăm	imprimarăți	imprimară
	pluperfect	imprimasem	imprimaseși	imprimase	imprimaserăm	imprimaserăți	imprimaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să imprim	să imprimi	să imprime	să imprimăm	să imprimați	să imprime
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		imprimă			imprimați
	negative		nu imprima			nu imprimați

Further reading

• “imprima”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Verb

imprima

1. inflection of imprimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of imprimir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative