de pena

with grief; terribly

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with grief; terribly With verbs such as morir or dejarse morir, it means “of grief” or “from sorrow.” In the expression darse de pena, it means “to do terribly” or “to be terrible at something.”

SP: Se puso a llorar de pena cuando recibió la noticia.

EN: She began to cry with grief when she received the news.

Mi vida acabó, y León Negro se dejó morir de pena.

My life ended, and Black Lion let himself die of grief.

— Amelie (2001)

Ella se muere de pena.

She is dying of grief.

Esto se me da de pena.

I'm terrible at this.

Si me mata, ella morirá de pena.

If he kills me, she’ll die of grief.

— Drácula (2025)