🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Impressionare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: impressionare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Impress/ɪmˈprɛs/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"È riuscito a impressionare tutti con il suo talento."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make someone feel admiration and respect.

    "The artist's work was designed to impress the audience."
  2. 2

    To force or apply pressure on something.

    "He had to impress the clay into the mold carefully."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'impress' originates from the Latin 'imprimere', meaning 'to press into or upon'. It evolved through Old French 'emprenter', which carried the meaning of 'to press or stamp'. Over time, its usage expanded to include the notion of making a strong effect on someone.

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