imprimió

Imprimió is the third-person singular form of the Spanish verb imprimir in the preterite tense. It means “he printed,” “she printed,” or “you (formal) printed,” and is used to describe a completed past action.

Etymology and meaning: imprimir comes from Latin imprīmere, built from in- (in) and premere (to press). The sense of transferring or pressing marks onto a surface evolved into the modern meaning of producing a printed copy. The preterite form imprimió reflects regular conjugation patterns for -ir verbs in the pretérito perfecto simple, with the ending -ió for the third person singular.

Conjugation pattern: imprimí, imprimiste, imprimió, imprimimos, imprimisteis, imprimieron are the full pretérito forms. Imprimió is a regular form within the -ir verb class in the preterite, and it carries a written accent on the final syllable (ó) to mark the correct stress.

Usage: The preterite tense describes actions completed at a definite point in the past. Examples: “Ayer imprimió el informe” (He/She printed the report yesterday) or “El fax imprimió la página correctamente.” In contrast, the imperfect form imprimiría (imprimía) would express a past ongoing or habitual action: “Programó la máquina y, mientras, imprimía varias copias.”

Variants and related terms: The infinitive is imprimir; related nouns include impresión (printing or impression) and impresora (printer). The form imprimió is specifically the past tense third-person singular.

See also: Imprimir, Pretérito, Impresión, Impresora.