pena
Meaning
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- (feminine) punishment
- (feminine) pain, sadness
- (feminine) trouble
- (feminine) pity
- (Latin-America, feminine) embarrassment
Concepts
illnes
difficult time
Synonyms
doler el corazón
pena pecuniaria
disgracia
pesar tristeza angustia
difficultad
hacer pesar a otro
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pe‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpena/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish pena, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ).
New
penar
- (transitive) to punish
- (intransitive) to suffer
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