imprimir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imprimere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pɾiˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.pɾiˈmiɾ]

Verb

imprimir (first-person singular present imprimeixo, first-person singular preterite imprimí, past participle imprès)

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of imprimir (third conjugation, with -eix-, irregular)

infinitive			imprimir
gerund			imprimint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imprès		impresa
		plural		impresos		impreses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imprimeixo	imprimeixes	imprimeix	imprimim	imprimiu	imprimeixen
	imperfect	imprimia	imprimies	imprimia	imprimíem	imprimíeu	imprimien
	future	imprimiré	imprimiràs	imprimirà	imprimirem	imprimireu	imprimiran
	preterite	imprimí	imprimires	imprimí	imprimírem	imprimíreu	imprimiren
	conditional	imprimiria	imprimiries	imprimiria	imprimiríem	imprimiríeu	imprimirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imprimeixi	imprimeixis	imprimeixi	imprimim	imprimiu	imprimeixin
	imperfect	imprimís	imprimissis	imprimís	imprimíssim	imprimíssiu	imprimissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	imprimeix	imprimeixi	imprimim	imprimiu	imprimeixin
	negative (no)	—	no imprimeixis	no imprimeixi	no imprimim	no imprimiu	no imprimeixin

Derived terms

• reimprimir

Related terms

• impressor
• impressora
• imprimàtur
• imprimible

 

Further reading

• “imprimir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imprimir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “imprimir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “imprimir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imprimō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾiˈmi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾiˈmi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾiˈmi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾiˈmi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: im‧pri‧mir

Verb

imprimir (first-person singular present imprimo, first-person singular preterite imprimi, past participle imprimido, short past participle impresso)

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of imprimir (irregular short past participle) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	imprimir
Personal	imprimir	imprimires	imprimir	imprimirmos	imprimirdes	imprimirem
Gerund
	imprimindo
Short past participle
Masculine	impresso1			impressos1
Feminine	impressa1			impressas1
Long past participle
Masculine	imprimido2			imprimidos2
Feminine	imprimida2			imprimidas2
Indicative
Present	imprimo	imprimes	imprime	imprimimos	imprimis	imprimem
Imperfect	imprimia	imprimias	imprimia	imprimíamos	imprimíeis	imprimiam
Preterite	imprimi	imprimiste	imprimiu	imprimimos	imprimistes	imprimiram
Pluperfect	imprimira	imprimiras	imprimira	imprimíramos	imprimíreis	imprimiram
Future	imprimirei	imprimirás	imprimirá	imprimiremos	imprimireis	imprimirão
Conditional	imprimiria	imprimirias	imprimiria	imprimiríamos	imprimiríeis	imprimiriam
Subjunctive
Present	imprima	imprimas	imprima	imprimamos	imprimais	imprimam
Imperfect	imprimisse	imprimisses	imprimisse	imprimíssemos	imprimísseis	imprimissem
Future	imprimir	imprimires	imprimir	imprimirmos	imprimirdes	imprimirem
Imperative
Affirmative		imprime	imprima	imprimamos	imprimi	imprimam
Negative (não)		não imprimas	não imprima	não imprimamos	não imprimais	não imprimam

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imprimō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impɾiˈmiɾ/ [ĩm.pɾiˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: im‧pri‧mir

Verb

imprimir (first-person singular present imprimo, first-person singular preterite imprimí, past participle imprimido or impreso)

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of imprimir (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			imprimir
gerund			imprimiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imprimido, impreso		imprimida, impresa
		plural		imprimidos, impresos		imprimidas, impresas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imprimo	imprimestú imprimísvos	imprime	imprimimos	imprimís	imprimen
	imperfect	imprimía	imprimías	imprimía	imprimíamos	imprimíais	imprimían
	preterite	imprimí	imprimiste	imprimió	imprimimos	imprimisteis	imprimieron
	future	imprimiré	imprimirás	imprimirá	imprimiremos	imprimiréis	imprimirán
	conditional	imprimiría	imprimirías	imprimiría	imprimiríamos	imprimiríais	imprimirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imprima	imprimastú imprimásvos2	imprima	imprimamos	imprimáis	impriman
	imperfect (ra)	imprimiera	imprimieras	imprimiera	imprimiéramos	imprimierais	imprimieran
	imperfect (se)	imprimiese	imprimieses	imprimiese	imprimiésemos	imprimieseis	imprimiesen
	future1	imprimiere	imprimieres	imprimiere	imprimiéremos	imprimiereis	imprimieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		imprimetú imprimívos	imprima	imprimamos	imprimid	impriman
	negative		no imprimas	no imprima	no imprimamos	no imprimáis	no impriman

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of imprimir (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive imprimir
	dative	imprimirme	imprimirte	imprimirle, imprimirse	imprimirnos	imprimiros	imprimirles, imprimirse
	accusative	imprimirme	imprimirte	imprimirlo, imprimirla, imprimirse	imprimirnos	imprimiros	imprimirlos, imprimirlas, imprimirse
with gerund imprimiendo
	dative	imprimiéndome	imprimiéndote	imprimiéndole, imprimiéndose	imprimiéndonos	imprimiéndoos	imprimiéndoles, imprimiéndose
	accusative	imprimiéndome	imprimiéndote	imprimiéndolo, imprimiéndola, imprimiéndose	imprimiéndonos	imprimiéndoos	imprimiéndolos, imprimiéndolas, imprimiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative imprime
	dative	imprímeme	imprímete	imprímele	imprímenos	not used	imprímeles
	accusative	imprímeme	imprímete	imprímelo, imprímela	imprímenos	not used	imprímelos, imprímelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative imprimí
	dative	imprimime	imprimite	imprimile	impriminos	not used	imprimiles
	accusative	imprimime	imprimite	imprimilo, imprimila	impriminos	not used	imprimilos, imprimilas
with formal second-person singular imperative imprima
	dative	imprímame	not used	imprímale, imprímase	imprímanos	not used	imprímales
	accusative	imprímame	not used	imprímalo, imprímala, imprímase	imprímanos	not used	imprímalos, imprímalas
with first-person plural imperative imprimamos
	dative	not used	imprimámoste	imprimámosle	imprimámonos	imprimámoos	imprimámosles
	accusative	not used	imprimámoste	imprimámoslo, imprimámosla	imprimámonos	imprimámoos	imprimámoslos, imprimámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative imprimid
	dative	imprimidme	not used	imprimidle	imprimidnos	imprimíos	imprimidles
	accusative	imprimidme	not used	imprimidlo, imprimidla	imprimidnos	imprimíos	imprimidlos, imprimidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative impriman
	dative	imprímanme	not used	imprímanle	imprímannos	not used	imprímanles, imprímanse
	accusative	imprímanme	not used	imprímanlo, imprímanla	imprímannos	not used	imprímanlos, imprímanlas, imprímanse

Related terms

• imprenta
• impresión
• impreso
• impresor
• impresora
• imprimible
• sobreimprimir

 

Further reading

• “imprimir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014