desempeñar
Meanings
Verb
1. to hold (a position, a title)
2. to play a role; to serve in or as
3. to redeem (out of pawn) (transitive)
Examples5
desempeñar el título
hold the title
desempeñar una posición
hold a position
Todos tienen un papel que desempeñar.
Everyone has a role to play.
Tom no quiso desempeñar un papel secundario.
Tom didn't want to play second fiddle.
Desempeñó muy bien su misión.
He carried out his mission very well.