obstinación
Spanish, noun/obstinaˈθjon/
obstinación is spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obstinación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “obstinacy, stubbornness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conservación tenaz de una opinión, una resolución, un propósito, etc”.
What does obstinación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobstinacy, stubbornness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conservación tenaz de una opinión, una resolución, un propósito, etc. 2. Acción o efecto de obstinarse.
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 obstinación
- obstinaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obstinación?
- /obstinaˈθjon/
- [oβ̞s.t̪i.naˈθjõn]
- /obstinaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obstinación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obstinación in Spanish?
obstinación appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).