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Spanish
Etymology
From em- + pecina (“sludge”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /empeθiˈnaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /empesiˈnaɾ/
- 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
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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