Meanings (ES + gloss)
casa de empeños
The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
empeñamiento (desus.) • empeño
An instance of pawning something.
Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
peón
A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
Near-synonym: chess piece
Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
Phrases
advanced pawnbackward pawnbishop's pawncentipawncentral pawnconnected pawndoubled pawnhexapawnisolated pawnking's bishop's pawnking's knight's pawnking's pawnking's rook's pawnknight's pawnmillipawnoctopawnoutside passed pawnpassed pawnpawn breakpawn chainpawn cubepawn grabbingpawn islandpawn racepawn stormpawnlesspawnlikepoisoned pawnqueen's bishop's pawnqueen's knight's pawnqueen's pawnqueen's rook's pawnremote passed pawnrook's pawntall pawntripled pawnwrong rook pawn
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
empeñar • pignorar
To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange again…
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.