empecinamiento
Spanish, noun[ẽmpesinaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
empecinamiento is spelled E-M-P-E-C-I-N-A-M-I-E-N-T-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empecinamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wilfulness, determination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de empecinar”.
What does empecinamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewilfulness, determination
- 2
masculineorneriness, intractability, stubbornness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de empecinar
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of empecinamiento
- empecinamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empecinamiento?
- [ẽmpesinaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
- [ẽmpesinamiˈẽn̪t̪o]
- [ẽmpeθinaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empecinamiento in Spanish?
empecinamiento appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).