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stubborn      /ˈstʌbɚn/   adjective

(birrento, cabeçudo, obstinado, teimoso, teimosa, refratário)

 

comparative and superlative forms: more stubborn; most stubborn

 

 

1 : refusing to change your ideas or to stop doing something • She's wrong, but she's too stubborn to admit it. • I admire hisstubborn refusal to quit. • She has a stubborn streak. [=she is often stubborn] • He's (as) stubborn as a mule. [=he's very/extremely stubborn

 

2 : difficult to deal with, remove, etc. • stubborn hair • trying to treat a stubborn infection • a stubborn stain

— stubbornly adverb • She stubbornly refused to move. • The fever persisted stubbornly.

 

— stubbornness /ˈstʌbɚnnəs/ noun [noncount]