empenhado

Portuguese

Etymology

From empenhar.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pẽˈɲa.du/ [ẽ.pẽˈj̃a.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pẽˈɲa.du/ [ĩ.pẽˈj̃a.du]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈɲa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈɲa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨˈɲa.du/ [ẽ.pɨˈɲa.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: em‧pe‧nha‧do

Adjective

empenhado (feminine empenhada, masculine plural empenhados, feminine plural empenhadas, comparable)

  1. determined
    Synonym: determinado
  2. dedicated; committed
    Synonym: dedicado
  3. pawned
  4. (colloquial) indebted

Participle

empenhado (feminine empenhada, masculine plural empenhados, feminine plural empenhadas)

  1. past participle of empenhar
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