apenado
/apeˈnado/ · B2 · adj
sad, griefed, pained
😔 a-PEN-ado: a PEN-ned in, pained feeling; from pena = pain, shame
Apenado comes from pena, meaning sorrow, pain, or shame. Add the participle ending -ado and you get pained or ashamed. Sounds like a-PEN-ado: pen sounds like pena, so link PEN with pain. In Latin America it often means embarrassed.