🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sala de prensa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈsala de ˈprensa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Press-room/ˈprɛs.ruːm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El portavoz habló con los reporteros en la sala de prensa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A room set aside for journalists, reporters, and photographers to write and transmit news stories.

    "The journalists gathered in the press-room before the minister's announcement."
  2. 2

    A room containing printing presses or machinery used in a printing plant.

    "The roar of the machinery echoed through the press-room as the morning papers were printed."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'press' (referring to printing presses and later journalism, ultimately from Old French 'presse') combined with 'room'. The term originated in the 19th century to designate the specific space allocated for journalists and reporters at events, government buildings, and printing facilities.

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