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empeño

empeño

See also: empeñó

Spanish

Noun

empeño m (plural empeños)

  1. insistence, effort
  2. obligation
  3. persistence
  4. eagerness
  5. pawn
  6. (Argentina, Honduras, Mexico) pawnshop
  7. deposit, container deposit (can or bottle deposit)
  8. patron

Synonyms

  • (pawnshop): casa de empeño
  • (effort): esfuerzo

Related terms

Verb

empeño

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of empeñar.