empeñar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
- insist verb To state something firmly and repeatedly, refusing to accept disagreement.
- pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
- pledge verb To make a solemn promise to do something.
- wage noun Money paid to a worker, usually calculated by the hour.
Senses
empeñar is used for these senses in English:
- exact (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- insist (with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
- pawn (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- pledge To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
- wage (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
exact — full definition
- adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
- adjective Careful and precise by habit; strict about following rules or keeping promises.
- verb To demand and enforce payment or compliance, sometimes forcefully.
- verb To make something necessary or unavoidable.