pena

A2Rank #688

sorrow, pity; penalty (vale la pena = it is worth it)

Part of speech
noun
Article
la
Gender
feminine
Frequency rank
#688 of 5,000

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"pena" in example sentences

"pena" appears in 229 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation, counting 2 spellings (singular and plural). Here are 3 of them.

No sé si vale la pena.

I don't know if it's worth it.

Tatoeba #8317932

Olvida tus penas.

Forget your sorrows.

Tatoeba #496104

La verdad es que no vale la pena.

That's not really worth it.

Tatoeba #10128911

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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