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Portuguese
Etymology
From empenhar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pẽˈɲa.du/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pẽˈɲa.du/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pẽˈɲa.du/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pẽˈɲa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈɲa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈɲa.do/
- Hyphenation: em‧pe‧nha‧do
Adjective
empenhado (feminine empenhada, masculine plural empenhados, feminine plural empenhadas, comparable)
- determined
- Synonym: determinado
- dedicated; committed
- Synonym: dedicado
- pawned
- (colloquial) indebted
Participle
empenhado (feminine empenhada, masculine plural empenhados, feminine plural empenhadas)
- past participle of empenhar