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]

• (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