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peña meaning in English

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peña noun
{f}

boulder [boulders](large mass of stone)
noun
[UK: ˈbəʊl.də(r)] [US: ˈboʊl.də(r)]

rock [rocks](large stone or boulder)
noun
[UK: rɒk] [US: ˈrɑːk]

peñasco noun
{m}

boulder [boulders](large mass of stone)
noun
[UK: ˈbəʊl.də(r)] [US: ˈboʊl.də(r)]

rock [rocks](mass of projecting rock)
noun
[UK: rɒk] [US: ˈrɑːk]

como peña adjective

rock hard(hard like rock)
adjective

desempeñar verb

serve [served, serving, serves](to perform duties)
verb
[UK: sɜːv] [US: ˈsɝːv]

despeñadero noun
{m}

crag [crags](rocky outcrop)
noun
[UK: kræɡ] [US: kræɡ]

empeñado adjective

committed(showing commitment)
adjective
[UK: kə.ˈmɪ.tɪd] [US: kə.ˈmɪ.təd]

hell-bent(recklessly determined to do or achieve something)
adjective
[UK: ˈhel.bent] [US: bent]

empeñar verb

pawn [pawned, pawning, pawns](give as security for loan)
verb
[UK: pɔːn] [US: ˈpɒn]
She pawned her gold. = Ella empeñó su oro.

pledge [pledged, pledging, pledges](to deposit something as a security; to pawn)
verb
[UK: pledʒ] [US: ˈpledʒ]

empeñarse verb

endeavor [endeavored, endeavoring, endeavors](to work with purpose)
verb
[UK: en.ˈde.və(r)] [US: en.ˈde.vər]

hock [hocked, hocking, hocks](leave with a pawnbroker as security)
verb
[UK: hɒk] [US: ˈhɑːk]

insist [insisted, insisting, insists](to hold up a claim emphatically)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈsɪst] [US: ˌɪn.ˈsɪst]

gallo de la peña noun
{m}

cock-of-the-rock(tropical bird)
noun

guadalupeña noun
{f}

Guadeloupean(person from Guadeloupe)
noun

menosdesempeñar verb

underperform [underperformed, underperforming, underperforms](underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
verb
[UK: ˈən.dərp.ərˌ.fɔːm] [US: ˈən.dər.pər.ˌfɔːrm]

menosdesempeñarse verb

underperform [underperformed, underperforming, underperforms](underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
verb
[UK: ˈən.dərp.ərˌ.fɔːm] [US: ˈən.dər.pər.ˌfɔːrm]

tampeña noun
{f}

Tampeño(someone from Tampa)
noun