Empeñar in english
Pawn
pronunciation: pɔn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: pɔn part of speech: noun
In gestures
empeñar = pawn ; hock ; pledge ; put + Nombre + in hock.
Example: Land may be pawned or mortgaged.Example: Today's parents have to hock the family jewels to afford the list of back-to-school items now requested by teachers and schools.Example: Hard times in the US are benefiting pawnbrokers as beleaguered consumers pledge jewels, electronics and other goods in return for loans.Example: Every day hundreds put their possessions in hock to get the quickest and easiest loans available.empeñarse = insist ; stubbornly + insist.
Example: The others for the most part do have the right names in the catalog, but as cross-references to what I must insist are the wrong names.Example: I didn't call her right away since I stubbornly insisted to myself that I could do it without help.more:
» el problema que todos se empeñan en ignorar = the elephant in the room .
Example: When it comes to the question of bringing the Net and the Web into bibliographic control, the elephant in the room is that of preservation of the human record.» empeñarse en = set + Posesivo + heart on ; try + hard .
Example: The only woman among the 15 sailors being held hostage in Iran set her heart on a career at sea from an early age. Example: Over the years the profession has tried hard to ignore the steady stream of library school closings.