English

Proper noun

Pena

1. A surname​.

Catalan

Noun

pena f ‎(plural penes)

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

Derived terms

• penal
• penar

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

• bolpen

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

• castigo
• punizione

Related terms

• appena
• penale
• penare
• vale la pena

Verb

pena

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

Anagrams

• pane

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin poena.

Noun

pena f ‎(plural penes)

1. penalty, punishment

Latin

Alternative forms

• pęna (orthographic variant using the e caudata)

Pronunciation

• (Classicistic) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.na/

Noun

pēna f ‎(genitive pēnae); first declension

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

Declension

First declension.

References

• PENA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pena in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Provençal

Noun

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

1. pain; suffering

Synonyms

• dolor

Descendants

• Catalan: pena
• Occitan: pena

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nɐ/

Noun

pena f (plural penas)

1. punishment
2. pain; sadness

Synonyms

• (punishment): castigo, condenação
• (pain; sadness): dor, tristeza

Interjection

pena

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

Related terms

• penar
• penitência
• penitente
• que pena
• vale a pena

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nɐ/

Noun

pena f (plural penas)

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

Synonyms

• (feather): pluma

Derived terms

• penada
• Pena
• Penacova
• Penafiel
• Penalva

Related terms

• plumagem
• penugem

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.nɐ/

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

• (Ijekavian): pjȅna

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

• (punishment): castigo, condena
• (pain, sadness): dolor, tristeza
• (trouble): problema, dificultad
• (embarrassment): vergüenza
• (pity): lástima

Related terms

• apenar
• dar pena
• penar
• penitencia
• penitente
• penoso
• valer la pena

Verb

pena

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) 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

• From Italian penna.

Noun

pena ‎(definite accusative penayı, plural penalar)

1. (music) plectrum

Declension

Synonyms

• mızrap
• çalgıç
• tezene

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian appena.

Adverb

pena

1. hardly