prensar
Spanish, verb/pɾenˈsaɾ/
prensar is spelled P-R-E-N-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prensar is a Spanish verb meaning “to press” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apretar o fijar algo por medio de algún procedimiento para comprimirlo o compactarlo, generalmente en una…”.
What does prensar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to press
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apretar o fijar algo por medio de algún procedimiento para comprimirlo o compactarlo, generalmente en una máquina para ese propósito llamada prensa.
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 prensar
- prenso first-person present singular
- prensé first-person preterite singular
- prensado participle past
- prensando gerund
- prensada feminine participle past
- prensados masculine participle past
- prensadas feminine participle past
- prensas indicative informal present
- prensás indicative informal present
- prensa indicative present singular
- prensamos first-person indicative plural
- prensáis indicative plural present
- prensan indicative plural present
- prensaba first-person imperfect indicative
- prensabas imperfect indicative second-person
- prensábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- prensabais imperfect indicative plural
- prensaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prensar?
- /pɾenˈsaɾ/
- [pɾẽnˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prensar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prensar in Spanish?
prensar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).