empenhado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.pẽˈɲa.du/
empenhado is spelled E-M-P-E-N-H-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empenhado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “determined” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empenhar.
What does empenhado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
determined
- 2
dedicated; committed
- 3
pawned
- 4
colloquialindebted
verb
- 1
past participle of empenhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of empenhado
- empenhada feminine
- empenhados masculine plural
- empenhadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empenhado?
- Brazil /ẽ.pẽˈɲa.du/
- Brazil [ẽ.pẽˈj̃a.du]
- Brazil /ĩ.pẽˈɲa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empenhado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empenhado in Portuguese?
empenhado appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).