Spanish Conversation · Level 31
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Spanish word
impreso
Pronunciation
IPA/imˈpɾeso/
Meaning
- adjectiveprinted
Example
Estos folletos ya están impresos.
These brochures are already printed.
More examples
Adjunté el documento impreso al expediente.
I attached the printed document to the file.
Core concept
Sheet of paper with inked text and printed images.
Common phrases
documento impreso
printed document
folleto impreso
printed brochure
material impreso
printed material
Similar words
físico: Touchable, physically present object with a definite shape.
digital: Electronic data or images presented on a screen.
Definition in Spanish
Se usa para indicar que un papel, folleto u otro soporte presenta marcas de tinta o imágenes aplicadas por impresión, es decir, que no es solo un archivo digital.
Word origin
From Spanish imprimir and ultimately from Latin imprimere (in- 'in' + premere 'press'), formed as the past participle impressus and adopted as the adjective meaning printed.
Usage tips
- With estar it describes the physical state of an item that has been printed (Los folletos están impresos), while with haber it appears in perfect tenses to mean someone has printed them.
Other meanings
- printed materialnoun
Opposites
- digitaldigitaladjective
- electrónicoelectronicadjective