empecinar
Spanish, verb/empeθiˈnaɾ/
empecinar is spelled E-M-P-E-C-I-N-A-R (9 letters). Empecinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to smear with mud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does empecinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smear with mud
- 2
to be stubborn, to insist
- 3
to get (something) into one's head
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of empecinar
- empecino first-person present singular
- empeciné first-person preterite singular
- empecinado participle past
- empecinando gerund
- empecinada feminine participle past
- empecinados masculine participle past
- empecinadas feminine participle past
- empecinas indicative informal present
- empecinás indicative informal present
- empecina indicative present singular
- empecinamos first-person indicative plural
- empecináis indicative plural present
- empecinan indicative plural present
- empecinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empecinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empecinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empecinabais imperfect indicative plural
- empecinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empecinar?
- /empeθiˈnaɾ/
- [ẽm.pe.θiˈnaɾ]
- /empesiˈnaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.