pena meaning in English — distress, grief, mercy

English meaning

distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
grief noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
mercy noun Kindness or forgiveness shown toward someone who could reasonably be punished or treated harshly instead.
pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
punishment noun A penalty given for wrongdoing, or the act of imposing one.
sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
sorrow noun Deep sadness, especially over a loss.
time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

pena is used for these senses in English:

distress A cause of such discomfort.
grief Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
mercy (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
pain (uncountable, dated) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
punishment The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
sorrow (uncountable) unhappiness, woe
time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

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