Spanish word
empeño
/emˈpeɲo/
In your course · Chapter 26 · Latin AmericaIn your course · Chapter 26 · Spain
- Part of speech
- noun
- Gender
- masculine
- Level
- B1
- Taught in
- Latin America, Spain
Meanings
- determination
- effort, endeavor
- insistence
- commitment
- obligation
- persistence
- eagerness
- pawn
- pawnshopArgentina, Honduras, Mexico
- deposit, container deposit (can or bottle deposit)
- patron
- container deposit(deposit on a beverage or other container)
- deposit(security for a borrowed item)
- endeavor(a sincere attempt)
Source: Tonada course · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL)