Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A misspelling of piña.
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Examples
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Note 26: William, pp. 47 — 48: "Ex transgressione enim Ade complexio tota fuit debilitata et corrupta in pena peccati." back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
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How can anyone who remembers a guy named Jesus talking about the little children possibly think about inflicting more pain on her or her mother! even a "pena" of ecclesiastical nature!
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Maybe esperanza or BajaGringo have a different take on this but, in my opinion, no vale la pena.
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There's a new hostel in Queretaro que vale la pena.
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I thought he meant machines and said, "No tenga pena, las puedo arreglar".
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"Son cosas del pasado", "no vale la pena recordar eso", "¿para qué te metes a esculcar un montón de basura?".
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Hay tantas canciones que escoger de Victor Jara que es una pena colgar sola 3.
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Ayer, por primera vez en mi vida, sentí que valía la pena ser salvadoreña, haber nacido en estos casi 21,000 kilómetros cuadrados por fin tomaron sentido.
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Hay muchos cubanos que han tenido que resistir ese dolor y esa pena por que no le han permitido entrar a Cuba.
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CASTRO: Bueno, mira, yo sinceramente yo no oigo muchas noticias aqui en Miami, por que no vale la pena, realmente.
reesetee commented on the word pena
Also called bana, bena, or tingtelia, a bowed lute found in Northeast India and Bangladesh, used in folk music and to accompany Manipuri dance styles. Similar to the ravanhasta found in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, and the ubo found in Manipur and Nagaland, or the kenda found among the Munda (Mundari) of Northern India and Bangladesh.
March 20, 2008