apenado
Spanish, adjective/apeˈnado/
apenado is spelled A-P-E-N-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,863rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apenado is a Spanish adjective meaning “sad, griefed, pained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of apenar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que siente pena”.
What does apenado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sad, griefed, pained
- 2
embarrassed, ashamed
verb
- 1
past participle of apenar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que siente pena. 2. Que siente vergüenza.
verb: 1. Participio de apenar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apenado
- apenada feminine
- apenados masculine plural
- apenadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apenado?
- /apeˈnado/
- [a.peˈna.ð̞o]
- [apeˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apenado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apenado in Spanish?
apenado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).