empeño
See also: empeñó
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈpeɲo/ [ẽmˈpe.ɲo]
- Rhymes: -eɲo
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧ño
Noun
empeño m (plural empeños)
- insistence, effort, endeavor, commitment
- Synonym: esfuerzo
- obligation
- Synonym: obligación
- persistence
- Synonym: persistencia
- eagerness
- Synonym: avidez
- pawn
- Synonym: peón
- (Argentina, Honduras, Mexico) pawnshop
- Synonym: casa de empeño
- deposit, container deposit (can or bottle deposit)
- patron
- Synonym: patrón
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “empeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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