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English borrowed impresario directly from Italian, whose noun impresa means "undertaking." A close relative is the English word emprise ("an adventurous, daring, or chivalric enterprise"), which, like impresario, traces back to the Latin verb prehendere, meaning "to seize." (That verb is also the source of apprehend, comprehend, and prehensile.) English speakers were impressed enough with impresario to borrow it in the 1700s, at first using it, as the Italians did, especially of opera company managers. It should be noted that, despite their apparent similarities, impress and impresario are not related. Impress is a descendant of the Latin pressare, a form of the verb premere, which means "to press."
Examples of impresario in a Sentence
Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Set to take place at Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, the service will honor the life and legacy of the influential Hip-Hop impresario.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Jury selection started Tuesday in the trial of ASAP Rocky, the hip-hop and fashion impresario, who is accused of firing a gun at a former collaborator near a Hollywood hotel in 2021.
—Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
In Mistletoe & Wine Sadie (Kirk) and Jasper (McGregor) star as two down on their luck musicians who must rise above their differences to create the magic that’ll impress musical impresario Spencer (Isaacs) and his colleague Rachel (Burr) and keep their show on the road.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Impresario.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impresario. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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