prensa
Spanish, noun
prensa is spelled P-R-E-N-S-A (6 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written Spanish, the 987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prensa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “press (print-based media)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of prensar. With an accent, prensá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of prensar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina que sirve para comprimir o apretar, y cuya forma varía según los usos a que se aplica; como estrujar…”.
What does prensa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepress (print-based media)
- 2
femininepress (machine)
- 3
femininepress (exercise)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of prensar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máquina que sirve para comprimir o apretar, y cuya forma varía según los usos a que se aplica; como estrujar, imprimir, estampar, etc. 2. Imprenta, y especialmente la periódica. 3. Conjunto de medios de comunicación masiva destinados a la información pública o a las noticias. 4. Conjunto de los individuos que se dedican a la información pública a través de medios de comunicación masiva (los periodistas).
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 prensa
- prensas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to prensa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prensa in Spanish?
prensa appears 89 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).