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Pena

Pena

See also: pena, péna, pená, penà, peña, pěna, pęna, and pę́na

English

Proper noun

Pena

  1. A surname.

pena

pena

See also: Pena, péna, pená, penà, peña, pěna, pęna, and pę́na

Catalan

Noun

pena f (plural penes)

  1. punishment, penalty
  2. grief, sorrow, pain
  3. a shame, a pity

Derived terms

Verb

pena

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of penar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of penar

Indonesian

Etymology

Dutch pen

Noun

pena

  1. pen (writing utensil)

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

From Latin poena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpena/, [ˈpeː.na]
  • Hyphenation: pé‧na

Noun

pena f (plural pene)

  1. sorrow
  2. trouble
  3. worry, anxiety
  4. pity
  5. sentence, penalty, punishment
  6. pain

Synonyms

Related terms

Verb

pena

  1. third-person singular present indicative of penare
  2. second-person singular imperative of penare

Anagrams


Ladin

Etymology

From Latin poena.

Noun

pena f (plural penes)

  1. penalty, punishment

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

pēna f (genitive pēnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of poena [Mediaeval–early New Latin]

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pēna pēnae
genitive pēnae pēnārum
dative pēnae pēnīs
accusative pēnam pēnās
ablative pēnā pēnīs
vocative pēna pēnae

References


Old Provençal

Noun

pena f (oblique plural penas, nominative singular pena, nominative plural penas)

  1. pain; suffering

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Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese pena (displacing pẽa), from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, penalty, fine, bloodmoney), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyneh₂.

Pronunciation

Noun

pena f (plural penas)

  1. punishment
  2. pain; sadness
Synonyms

Interjection

pena

  1. pity (what a shame, what a pity)
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese pena, from Latin penna and pinna, from Proto-Italic *petnā (feather, wing), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing), from *peth₂- (to fly).

pena

Pronunciation

Noun

pena f (plural penas)

  1. feather
  2. quill (pen made from a feather)
  3. (dated) Alternative form of penha
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

pena

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of penar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of penar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěna.

Noun

pȅna f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏на)

  1. foam

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěna.

Noun

pena f

  1. foam

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpèːna/
  • Tonal orthography: pẹ́na

Noun

péna f (genitive péne, uncountable)

  1. foam

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin poena.

Noun

pena f (plural penas)

  1. punishment
  2. pain, sadness
  3. trouble
  4. (Latin America) embarrassment
  5. pity

Synonyms

Related terms

Verb

pena

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of penar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of penar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of penar.

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛnɑ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧na

Etymology

Noun

pena (definite accusative penayı, plural penalar)

  1. (music) plectrum

Declension

Synonyms


Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian appena.

Adverb

pena

  1. hardly