Polyglot Dictionary

empeñar

/empeˈɲaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
empeño
preterite (yo)
empeñé
past participle
empeñado

Meaning

  1. to pawn

    • Empeñó su reloj.

      He pawned his watch.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

mettre en gage

mettre en gage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to pawn."

Portuguese

penhorar

penhorar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to pawn."

Practice

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