penitencia

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penitencia
feminine noun
1penance
  • hacer penitencia -> to do penance

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penitencia [pay-ne-ten’-the-ah]
noun
1Penitence, penance (condición). (f)
2Repentance. (f)
3Any act of mortification (acto). (f)
4Public punishment which the Inquisition inflicted upon some culprits. (f)
  • Imponer una penitencia a uno -> to give somebody a penance
  • Hacer penitencia -> to do penance

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penitencia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (estado) penitence
2 (castigo) penance
en penitencia as a penance; imponer una penitencia a algn to give sb a penance; hacer penitencia to do penance;por for;

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