Imprimí la etiqueta de devolución.

Spanish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• imprimí = I printed
• the ending -í tells you it is first person singular in the preterite

So Imprimí la etiqueta de devolución naturally means I printed the return label.

You could say Yo imprimí la etiqueta de devolución, but yo would usually add emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

Imprimí is the preterite tense of imprimir.

The preterite is used for a completed action in the past. So the sentence presents the printing as a finished event:

• Imprimí = I printed

This is different from:

• Imprimo = I print / I am printing
• Imprimía = I was printing / I used to print
• He imprimido = I have printed

The accent mark shows the stress falls on the last syllable: im-pri-MÍ.

It is also the normal written form for the yo preterite of many -ir verbs:

• viví
• decidí
• escribí
• imprimí

Without the accent, imprimi would not be correct standard spelling.

Yes, definitely.

In Spain, the present perfect is often used for recent past actions, especially if they are connected to the present moment. So if you have just done it, or it still feels relevant now, many speakers in Spain might say:

• He imprimido la etiqueta de devolución.

The given sentence with Imprimí is still perfectly grammatical. It simply presents the action as a completed past event. The choice between imprimí and he imprimido depends on context and on how the speaker views the action.

Spanish usually uses the definite article with specific countable nouns more often than English does.

Here, la etiqueta refers to a particular label, not just any label in general. In context, it is probably the specific return label for a package or order.

So:

• Imprimí la etiqueta de devolución = I printed the return label

If you said just Imprimí etiqueta de devolución, it would sound unnatural in standard Spanish.

De devolución is the most natural way to express this kind of noun relationship in Spanish.

English often puts one noun before another:

• return label
• shipping label
• gift card

Spanish usually links them with de:

• etiqueta de devolución
• etiqueta de envío
• tarjeta de regalo

So de devolución means something like for return / related to a return.

You might hear para una devolución in some contexts, but etiqueta de devolución is the standard, idiomatic phrase.

In this context, etiqueta means label, especially the kind used for shipping or returning a parcel.

It does not have to be a physical sticker already made by the seller. It can also be:

• a label printed on paper
• a return shipping label
• something you attach to the package after printing it

So in online shopping or delivery contexts, etiqueta de devolución is a very natural phrase.

It can relate to the idea of returning something, and depending on context it may connect with the return process more generally. In this sentence, devolución most naturally means the return of an item.

So etiqueta de devolución is best understood as:

• return label
• the label used to send an item back

A refund in Spanish is more specifically often reembolso.

The basic word order here is very normal:

• Imprimí
  • la etiqueta de devolución

That is the most neutral way to say it.

Spanish word order is flexible, though, especially for emphasis. For example:

• La etiqueta de devolución la imprimí yo.
  This puts emphasis on I.
• Yo imprimí la etiqueta de devolución.
  This can sound contrastive, as in I printed it, not someone else.

But the original sentence is the most straightforward and natural version.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Imprimí → im-pree-MEE
• la etiqueta → la eh-tee-KE-ta
• de devolución → de de-bo-loo-THYON in most of Spain

So the whole sentence is roughly:

im-pree-MEE la eh-tee-KE-ta de de-bo-loo-THYON

In most of Spain, the ci in -ción is pronounced with the th sound of thin, not the s sound.