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Meanings of stubborn in English

Portuguese
teimoso
Catalan
pertinaç
Spanish
tozudo

Persisting in a reactionary stand.

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      teimoso

      Resisting vigorously and stubbornly to the last.

            Usage of stubborn in English
            1
            In the most stubborn pockets of crime and poverty, police make thousands.
            Reuters
            2
            The pig is perhaps the most stubborn and courageous animal in India.
            Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
            3
            If she insists on being stubborn, however, well...well, we'll need your help.
            The hangman's daughter
            4
            They talked of horses and argued over training methods with stubborn animals.
            Knife of dreams
            5
            Bendigo, while stable, has a stubborn number of concerning and active cases.
            News.com.au
            6
            His stubborn insistence stirred concerns of a violent power struggle in Baghdad.
            Reuters
            7
            I'm grateful for the opportunity, she said firmly, sounding stubborn to him.
            Bungalow 2
            8
            However Reynolds was stubborn and pushed through Whelehan's appointment over Labour protests.
            The Irish Times
            9
            Yet behind that admission there is a deeper and more stubborn truth.
            The Guardian
            10
            I did my best to appear sidetracked by a particularly stubborn pin.
            The day the falls stood still
            11
            The fortress was stormed in spite of the most stubborn Russian resistance.
            America's War for Humanity
            12
            General Smyth again tried the effect of diplomacy upon the stubborn British.
            The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation. V...
            13
            And Adolf Rosenthal remained stubborn as well, however much Lea might complain.
            Melnitz
            14
            And the voice: high and stubborn, insistent on having his own way.
            The Guardian
            15
            It's just that we make decisions based on a particular stubborn calculus.
            The Guardian
            16
            Though, Marc was definitely stubborn and possibly had held out that long.
            A taste of magic
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            Spanish
            tozudo
            Stubborn through the time
            Stubborn across language varieties
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            Common
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            Common
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