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él apena

saddens, makes someone feel sad

a ˈp e n a → apenar
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #51,744
saddens, makes someone feel sad Often used with an indirect object pronoun: me apena means “it makes me sad.”
SP: Me apena verte así.
EN: It makes me sad to see you like this.
Conjugation of apenar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third apena —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third apena —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second apena —

Me apena decirte que no podré llegar hasta donde se encuentra Natsuko.

I'm sorry to tell you that I won't be able to get to where Natsuko is.

— El niño y la garza (2023)

¿No te apena estar aquí mientras los niños viajan atrás?

Aren’t you ashamed to be up here while the children are traveling in the back?

— Mi pobre angelito (1990)

Me apena que se vaya.

I'm sorry to see him/her go.

Me apena.

I'm sorry.

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

Sounds similar to

arena a ˈɾ e n a avena a ˈb e n a