Kilo Lingo

/impɾesjoˈnaɾ/

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Translation

to impress, to make an impression

Word origin

From impresión, from Latin impressio, from imprimere ('to press into'), from in- plus premere ('to press').

Origin
Latin
Root
imprimere
English cognates
impress, impression

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Examples

.

He wants to impress his bosses with the new project.

visitantes.

The landscape managed to impress all the visitors.

, .

Do not try to impress anyone, just be yourself.

¡ !

Her voice impressed me enormously!

cifras .

The figures in the report are genuinely impressive.

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This word is part of lesson 41.