🇪🇸 Spanish

impresora

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feminine

la impresora

printer

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impresora
/la impɾeˈsoɾa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say impresora in Spanish?

IPA
/la impɾeˈsoɾa/

How do you pronounce impresora in Spanish?

impresora is pronounced /la impɾeˈsoɾa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La impresora nueva está rota y necesitamos repararla pronto.

The new printer is broken and we need to repair it soon.

Esta impresora láser es muy rápida y eficiente para nuestra oficina.

This laser printer is very fast and efficient for our office.

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Why is it feminine?

Impresora is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "impressa" (the feminine past participle of "imprimere," meaning "to print"), and Spanish retained the feminine gender when forming the agent noun with the suffix "-a." The "-a" ending in Spanish typically marks feminine nouns, particularly those derived from Latin feminine forms or agent nouns referring to professions.

What is the Spanish word for printer?

The Spanish word for printer is la impresora — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchimprimantel'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianstampantelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseimpressoraafeminine

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