estampar
to stamp
verb ehs-tahm-PAHR Rare
Origin: From Germanic stampōn ('to stamp'), via Old French.
Also means
to print
Usage Note
Estampar means to imprint a design on a surface (fabric, paper, metal) and also, colloquially, to hurl something forcefully against a surface: estampó el móvil contra la pared ('he smashed the phone against the wall'). The reflexive estamparse means to crash into something at speed. The noun estampado refers to a printed pattern on fabric.
Examples
"La fábrica estampa miles de camisetas al día."
Natural Translation
The factory prints thousands of T-shirts a day.
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