penhorar — meaning in English

English meaning

• distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
• pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.

Senses

penhorar is used for these senses in English:

• distress (legal) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
• pawn (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

distress — full definition

1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.

pawn — full definition

1. verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
2. noun The least valuable chess piece, which moves forward and captures diagonally.
3. noun A person being used or manipulated by someone more powerful, for their own ends.

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