the word penar

Question

In the context of a conversation about a possible move to a different country, the person writes " a penas " to the person who may be moving. Could they be stating they think the person is "anxious" to move? ( Colombian Spanish ).

Answer 1

apenas = barely, hardly

penas = sorrow, pains

a penas = normally is a wrong spelling for "apenas", but those two words can appear together by coincidence too: "Sometido a torturas y penas" (subject to torture and pains), where "a" is similar to "to" and "penas" is indeed "pains".

Answer 2

But I have read a possible meaning for this word is also "anxious" or " looking forward to ".

Answer 3

penas

Answer 4

"a penas" or "apenas"?