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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈpeɲo/
- Rhymes: -eɲo
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧ño
Etymology 1
From Latin in pignus.
Noun
empeño m (plural empeños)
- effort, endeavor
- Synonym: esfuerzo
- insistence
- Synonym: insistencia
- commitment
- Synonym: compromiso
- 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.
Verb
empeño
- first-person singular present indicative of empeñar
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