Spanish | English |
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apenas adverb | barely(by a small margin) hardly(barely, only just) only(as recently as) scarcely(almost not, by a small margin) |
apenas conjunction | as soon as(immediately after) |
casarse de penalti noun {m} | shotgun wedding(wedding in which the bride is pregnant) |
código penal noun {m} | criminal code(document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law) |
colonia penal noun {f} | penal colony(colonial territory) |
como peña adjective | rock hard(hard like rock) |
con alma en pena adverb | sadly(in a sad manner) |
derecho penal noun {m} | criminal law [criminal laws](area of law) |
desempeñar verb | serve [served, serving, serves](to perform duties) |
despeñadero noun {m} | crag [crags](rocky outcrop) |
despenalizar verb | decriminalize [decriminalized, decriminalizing, decriminalizes](to change the laws so something is no longer a crime) |
empeñado adjective | committed(showing commitment) hell-bent(recklessly determined to do or achieve something) |
empeñar verb | pawn [pawned, pawning, pawns](give as security for loan) pledge [pledged, pledging, pledges](to deposit something as a security; to pawn) |
empeñarse verb | endeavor [endeavored, endeavoring, endeavors](to work with purpose) hock [hocked, hocking, hocks](leave with a pawnbroker as security) insist [insisted, insisting, insists](to hold up a claim emphatically) |
gallo de la peña noun {m} | cock-of-the-rock(tropical bird) |
ganar a duras penas verb | eke out(to obtain with difficulty) |
guadalupeña noun {f} | Guadeloupean(person from Guadeloupe) |
menosdesempeñar verb | underperform [underperformed, underperforming, underperforms](underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations) |
menosdesempeñarse verb | underperform [underperformed, underperforming, underperforms](underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations) |
nada que valga la pena se logra sin crear conflictos phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
pepenador noun {m} | scavenger [scavengers](Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things) |
pepenar verb | glean [gleaned, gleaning, gleans](harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped) pick upverb |
pingüino de penacho anaranjado noun {m} | macaroni penguin(Eudyptes chrysolophus) |
que merece la pena adjective | worthwhile(good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on) |
qué pena phrase | what a pity(used to express regret) |
qué pena me das verb | cry someone a river(to try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling) |
qué pena me das phrase | too bad, so sad(expression of mocking sympathy) |
que vale la pena adjective | worth(deserving of) worthwhile(good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on) |
quitado de la pena adjective {m} | lighthearted(joyful) |
subsistir a duras penas verb | eke out(to obtain with difficulty) |
tampeña noun {f} | Tampeño(someone from Tampa) |