impresa

American  

[im-prey-zuh] / ɪmˈpreɪ zə /

Also imprese

noun

Obsolete.

impresas, plural imprese plural

1. a device or emblem.

2. a motto.

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impresa British  

/ ɪmˈpriːz, ɪmˈpreɪzə /

noun

1. an emblem or device, usually a motto, as on a coat of arms

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• imprese
  plural
• impresas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of impresa

1580–90; < Italian: literally, undertaking, noun use of feminine of impreso, past participle of imprendere to undertake; see emprise

Example Sentences

Este artículo fue publicado en inglés, en la edición impresa del 23 de Septiembre del 2019, con el título “So Goes the Nation”.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2019

Ma, percioche Dio Phaueua per Cas. tiglia serbata, gia l'Ammiraglio in quel tempo era andato, e tornato con la vittoria della sua impresa, secondo che per ordine si racconterà.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

The custom flourished most in Italy, where the impresa of a noble house spoke to the eye at once, whether it was found on a sword-hilt or over a church-door.

From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William)

Fattolo perciò venire, gli espose con accomodate parole il suo pensiero, e gli significò aver disegnato, che egli fosse quello, che eseguisse l' impresa, nella quale consisteva tutta la sua salute.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

If you mind them, Their new loves stand before, old loves behind them: And from that prospect this impresa read, Rich pearls show best when they are set in lead.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert