imprimación
Spanish, noun/impɾimaˈθjon/
imprimación is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-A-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprimación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “priming (the first coating of a paint)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de imprimar”.
What does imprimación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepriming (the first coating of a paint)
- 2
feminineprimer (a substance used to prepare a surface for painting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de imprimar 2. Conjunto de componentes con los que se hace la imprimación₁.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of imprimación
- imprimaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprimación?
- /impɾimaˈθjon/
- [ĩm.pɾi.maˈθjõn]
- /impɾimaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imprimación in Spanish?
imprimación appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).