empenyo

Catalan

Verb

empenyo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of empènyer

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empeño, from Latin in pignus.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔemˈpenjo/ [ʔɛmˈpɛː.ɲo]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔemˈpenjo/ [ʔɛmˈpɛn̪.jo]
  • Rhymes: -enjo
  • Syllabification: em‧pen‧yo

Noun

empenyo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. favor asked
    Synonyms: pabor, hiling, pakiusap, pamanhik, abala
  2. pawnshop
    Synonyms: bahay-sanglaan, sanglaan, ahensiya de-empenyo, ahensiya

Derived terms

  • maempenyo

Further reading

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