empeñado

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Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of empeñar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empeˈɲado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧ña‧do

Adjective

empeñado (feminine empeñada, masculine plural empeñados, feminine plural empeñadas)

  1. determined, hell-bent, dead set, set
    Synonym: empecinado

Participle

empeñado (feminine empeñada, masculine plural empeñados, feminine plural empeñadas)

  1. past participle of empeñar

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