empecinar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From em- +‎ pecina (“sludge”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empeθiˈnaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.θiˈnaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /empesiˈnaɾ/ [ẽm.pe.siˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: em‧pe‧ci‧nar === Verb === 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “empecinar”, 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