- penar
- v.1 to punish.2 to suffer.Los chicos penan en su cuarto The boys suffer in their room.3 to penalize, to punish, to inflict punishment on.El juez penó al ladrón The judge penalized the thief.4 to do penance.Ellos penaron por su comportamiento They did penance for their behavior.* * *penar► verbo transitivo1 (castigar) to punish, penalize► verbo intransitivo1 (padecer) to suffer, grieve* * *1. VT1) (Jur) to punish
la ley pena el asesinato — the law punishes murder
un delito penado con diez años de cárcel — a crime punishable by ten years' imprisonment
2) And [difunto] to haunt2. VI1) (=sufrir) [persona] to suffer; [alma] to be in tormentha penado mucho con su hijo enfermo — she has suffered terribly with her sick child
ella pena por todos — she takes everybody's sufferings upon herself
penar de amores — liter to go through the pains of love liter
2) (=desear)penar por algo — to pine for sth, long for sth
penar por hacer algo — to pine to do sth, long to do sth
3) And [difunto]en ese lugar penan — that place is haunted
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Der) <delito>será/está penado con dos años de cárcel/cadena perpetual — it will be/it is punishable with two years' imprisonment/by life imprisonment
2) (Andes) difunto to haunt2.penar vi1) (liter) (sufrir) to suffer2) (Andes) difunto to be in torment* * *= penalise [penalize, -USA], atone (for).Ex. The author contends that this unfairly penalises any institution with limited finances, and contravenes the tradition of cooperation among Swiss libraries.Ex. It is necessary to rectify the misuses of the past, atone for the mistakes of the present, and ensure the well-being of future generations.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Der) <delito>será/está penado con dos años de cárcel/cadena perpetual — it will be/it is punishable with two years' imprisonment/by life imprisonment
2) (Andes) difunto to haunt2.penar vi1) (liter) (sufrir) to suffer2) (Andes) difunto to be in torment* * *= penalise [penalize, -USA], atone (for).Ex: The author contends that this unfairly penalises any institution with limited finances, and contravenes the tradition of cooperation among Swiss libraries.
Ex: It is necessary to rectify the misuses of the past, atone for the mistakes of the present, and ensure the well-being of future generations.* * *penar [A1 ]vtA (Der) ‹delito›está penado con dos años de cárcel it is punishable with two years' imprisonment o two years in prison, the penalty o punishment for it is two years in prisonB (Andes) «difunto» to haunt■ penarviA (liter) (sufrir) to sufferB (Andes) «difunto» to be in torment* * *penar♦ vt[castigar] to punish;un delito penado con cárcel an offence punishable by imprisonment♦ vi[sufrir] to suffer* * *penarI v/t punishII v/i suffer* * *penar vt: to punish, to penalizepenar vi: to suffer, to grieve
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.