/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
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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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