verb transitiu
1. to penalise, punish, impose a penalty on.
verb intransitiu
2. to suffer, grieve, sorrow, be in torment.
3. no el facis penar digues-li-ho d’una vegada put him out of his misery: tell him once and for all.

adjectiu
1. full of sorrows, sorrowful.
2. painful, distressing.
3. arduous, laborious, difficult.
4. una vida penada a hard life.
5. un viatge penat a gruelling journey.
6. un treball penat an arduous task.

masculí plural penates, household gods.

femení
1. (pulpy \ fleshy) leaf.
2. pulpy part of some leaves.
3. piece, chunk, slice.
4. una penca de meló a slice of melon.
5. una penca de cansalada a hunk of bacon.
6. tenir bones penques to be (fleshy \ meaty).
7. haver-n’hi una penca to be tall and slim.
8. tenir (unes penques \ moltes penques) figuradament i col·loquial to be cheeky, to have nerve.

verb intransitiu col·loquial to work, hard, graft, grind, chore US, sweat and slave.

adjectiu
1. pendent, pending, undecided.
2. afers pendents matters pending.
3. geografia sloping, inclined.
4. estar pendent de to (depend \ hang) on.
5. estàvem pendents de les seves paraules we were hanging on his every word.
masculí
6. slope, incline, gradient.

[pl.: -issos] masculí slope, incline, gradient.

masculí
1. pennon, flag, ensign.
2. col·loquial despicable person.

masculí pendulum.

femení [de rellotge] pendulum.