empecinar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From em- + pecina (“sludge”) + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /empeθiˈnaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.θiˈnaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /empesiˈnaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.siˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧ci‧nar
Verb edit
empecinar (first-person singular present empecino, first-person singular preterite empeciné, past participle empecinado)
- (transitive) to smear with mud
- (reflexive) to be stubborn, to insist
- (reflexive) to get (something) into one's head
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of empecinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “empecinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014