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pena — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feather noun One of the light, branching structures covering a bird's body, used for flight and insulation.
  • pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
  • pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
  • penalty noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
  • pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
  • quill noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
  • shuttlecock noun A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.
  • time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.

Senses

pena is used for these senses in English:

  • feather A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
  • pain (uncountable, dated) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
  • pen A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
  • pen (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
  • penalty A legal sentence.
  • sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  • shuttlecock (countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
  • time (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

feather — full definition

  1. noun One of the light, branching structures covering a bird's body, used for flight and insulation.
  2. verb To turn an oar or propeller blade so its edge cuts through air or water with less resistance.

pain — full definition

  1. noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
  2. noun Mental or emotional suffering.
  3. noun Informal term for an irritating or troublesome person or situation.
  4. verb To cause someone physical or emotional suffering.

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