prensa

=

press

noun

prensa
feminine noun
1. press (periódicos, periodistas)
  • compro la prensa todos los días -> I buy the newspapers every day
  • tener buena/mala prensa (figurative) -> to have a good/bad press
  • la prensa amarilla -> the gutter press, the tabloids
  • prensa del corazón -> gossip magazines
  • la prensa escrita -> the press
2. printing press (imprenta)
  • entrar en prensa -> to go to press
3. press (máquina)

prensa [pren’-sah]
noun
1. Press, an instrument with which something is pressed. (f)
2. Press, a machine for printing. (f)
3. Press. (f)
verb
4. IMPRENTA.
  • Dar a la prensa -> to publish
  • Aprobar un libro para la prensa -> to pass a book for the press
  • Tener mala prensa -> to have a bad press

"prensa" in the Answers forum

Q: Oprima vs. prensa
A: Pulse = (Please) press Oprima = (Please) press / oppress / squeeze (not used in Spain for buttons) Prensa = the press (as with newspapers and magazines).…
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