empeño
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]empeño
Further reading
[edit]- “empeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɲo
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɲo/3 syllables
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- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Argentinian Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
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