obstinado

Galician

Etymology

From Latin obstinātus.

Adjective

obstinado (feminine obstinada, masculine plural obstinados, feminine plural obstinadas)

1. obstinate, stubborn

Derived terms

• obstinadamente

Further reading

• “obstinado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bis.t͡ʃiˈna.du/, /obs.t͡ʃiˈna.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bis.t͡ʃiˈna.du/, /obs.t͡ʃiˈna.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.biʃ.t͡ʃiˈna.du/, /obʃ.t͡ʃiˈna.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /obs.t͡ʃiˈna.do/, /o.bis.t͡ʃiˈna.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃ.tiˈna.du/ [ɔβʃ.tiˈna.ðu]

• Hyphenation: obs‧ti‧na‧do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin obstinātus.

Adjective

obstinado (feminine obstinada, masculine plural obstinados, feminine plural obstinadas)

1. obstinate (adhering to an opinion, purpose or course, usually unreasonably)

   Synonyms: persistente, pertinaz

Derived terms

• obstinadamente

Etymology 2

Participle

obstinado (feminine obstinada, masculine plural obstinados, feminine plural obstinadas)

1. past participle of obstinar

Further reading

• “obstinado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obstiˈnado/ [oβ̞s.t̪iˈna.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: obs‧ti‧na‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin obstinātus. Doublet of ostinato.

Adjective

obstinado (feminine obstinada, masculine plural obstinados, feminine plural obstinadas)

1. stubborn, obstinate, willful

   Synonyms: obcecado, porfiado, testarudo, terco

Derived terms

• obstinadamente

Etymology 2

Participle

obstinado (feminine obstinada, masculine plural obstinados, feminine plural obstinadas)

1. past participle of obstinar

Further reading

• “obstinado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024