premsa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpɾe̞m.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈpɾem.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpɾem.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from premsar.

Noun

premsa f (plural premses)

1. press (device)
2. press (print media)
3. (figurative) press coverage

   bona premsa ― good press

Derived terms

• premsa d'impressió
• premsa de banc
• premsa de lliura
• premsa de vi
• premsa groga
• premsa rosa

Further reading

• “premsa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “premsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “premsa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

premsa

1. inflection of premsar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative