imprimar
Spanish, verb/impɾiˈmaɾ/
imprimar is spelled I-M-P-R-I-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprimar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prime (to apply a coat of primer paint to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Preparar o tratar previamente las superficies de aquellas cosas que se han de pintar o teñir”.
What does imprimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prime (to apply a coat of primer paint to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Preparar o tratar previamente las superficies de aquellas cosas que se han de pintar o teñir. 2. Recubrir la superficie no pavimentada que se ubica a los extremos de una carretera o camino con algún material asfáltico, con el fin de evitar su desgaste por erosión.
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 imprimar
- imprimo first-person present singular
- imprimé first-person preterite singular
- imprimado participle past
- imprimando gerund
- imprimada feminine participle past
- imprimados masculine participle past
- imprimadas feminine participle past
- imprimas indicative informal present
- imprimás indicative informal present
- imprima indicative present singular
- imprimamos first-person indicative plural
- imprimáis indicative plural present
- impriman indicative plural present
- imprimaba first-person imperfect indicative
- imprimabas imperfect indicative second-person
- imprimábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imprimabais imperfect indicative plural
- imprimaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprimar?
- /impɾiˈmaɾ/
- [ĩm.pɾiˈmaɾ]
- [ĩmpɾiˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imprimar in Spanish?
imprimar appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).