empecinado

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empeθiˈnado/ [ẽm.pe.θiˈna.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /empesiˈnado/ [ẽm.pe.siˈna.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: em‧pe‧ci‧na‧do === Adjective === empecinado (feminine empecinada, masculine plural empecinados, feminine plural empecinadas) hellbent, hell-bent, dead set, (stubbornly) determined Synonym: empeñado === Participle === empecinado (feminine empecinada, masculine plural empecinados, feminine plural empecinadas) past participle of empecinar === Further reading === “empecinado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025