impresa

 

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• imprese, impress

Borrowed from Italian impresa.

impresa (plural impresas)

1. (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
   • 1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie,^[1]

     My impresa to your lordship; a swan

     Flying to a laurel for shelter.

   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost‎^[2], Book 9, lines 33-35:

     […] or to describe Races and Games,
     Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields,
     Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;

• empairs, primase, rampies

• IPA^(key): (Central) [imˈpɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [imˈpɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [imˈpɾe.za]

impresa f sg

1. feminine singular of imprès

 

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impresa

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• IPA^(key): /imˈpre.za/, (traditional) /imˈpre.sa/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
• Hyphenation: im‧pré‧sa

Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of imprendere, a less common alternative for intraprendere (“to undertake”). Cognate with Sicilian mprisa.

impresa f (plural imprese)

1. enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat, endeavour/endeavor
2. company, firm, business, concern

   Synonyms: azienda, ditta, società

• → Polish: impreza
• → Spanish: empresa

• impresa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

impresa f sg

1. feminine singular of impreso

• -spermia, asempri, esprima, permasi, pesarmi, presami, primase, sapermi

• IPA^(key): /imˈpɾesa/ [ĩmˈpɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: im‧pre‧sa

impresa f (plural impresas)

1. Obsolete spelling of empresa.

impresa

1. feminine singular of impreso

impresa f sg

1. feminine singular of impreso

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