stampa

press

noun STAHM-pah Less Common

Origin: from 'stampare', to print

Also means

printing

Usage Note

Stampa covers both the act of printing and the press as media collectively (la stampa libera, 'the free press'). A printed copy is una stampa, and conferenza stampa is a 'press conference'. The plural stampe refers to prints or engravings.

Examples

"La stampa ha pubblicato la notizia."

Natural Translation

The press published the news.

Literal Translation

The press has published the news.

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