pena

Meaning

  1. (feminine) punishment, penalty
  2. (feminine) pain; sadness

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
pe‧na
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpena̝/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pena (displacing pẽa), from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
penha

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Teño   pena   dos   cidadáns  gregos.

I feel sorry for the Greek citizens.

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A
  directora   de  dobraxe  e  axustadora  foi  Charo  Pena .

The director of folding and adjusting was Charo Pena.

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