arrepentimiento

/arepentiˈmjento/ · B2 · noun · m

sorrow

🎨 arrepentimiento = a re-pent-ing: you 'repent' and redo, like 'repent' in English

Spanish arrepentirse means to repent or regret; it shares the Latin root paenitere with English 'penitent'. In art, an arrepentimiento is a pentimento: a visible trace where the painter changed their mind and repainted a section.

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