Obstinado in english
Stubborn
pronunciation: stʌbɜrn part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: stʌbɜrn part of speech: adjective
In gestures
obstinado = obstinate ; stubborn ; dogged ; perverse ; stiff-necked ; pigheaded ; refractory ; self-willed ; tenacious ; persevering ; self-opinionated ; headstrong ; bullheaded ; unyielding.
Example: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Example: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Example: The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Example: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Example: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Example: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Example: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Example: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.Example: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many enemies as she has friends.Example: Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.Example: You are an overwhelming, self-opinionated bore who cannot abide the thought that other people may not share your views.Example: She has somewhat of a headstrong personality, which has caused her to wear out her welcome at several homes before ours.Example: She glared at him, wondering how in the world she'd run head on into two such bullheaded men in one day.Example: The team was recognized for its determination, dedication, and desire to save lives and its unyielding commitment to raising cancer awareness.obstinar
more:
» obstinarse = persist ; stubbornly + insist .
Example: Nevertheless, it cannot yet be said that all cataloguing is conducted with the use of a computer, and even some major library systems persist with manual cataloguing practices. Example: I didn't call her right away since I stubbornly insisted to myself that I could do it without help.