pertinacia
Spanish, noun/peɾtiˈnaθja/
pertinacia is spelled P-E-R-T-I-N-A-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish, the 338,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pertinacia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “persistence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obstinación, terquedad o tenacidad en mantener una opinión, una doctrina o la resolución que se ha tomado”.
What does pertinacia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepersistence
- 2
feminineobstinacy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obstinación, terquedad o tenacidad en mantener una opinión, una doctrina o la resolución que se ha tomado. 2. Grande duración o persistencia.
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 pertinacia
- pertinacias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pertinacia?
- /peɾtiˈnaθja/
- [peɾ.t̪iˈna.θja]
- /peɾtiˈnasja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pertinacia in Spanish?
pertinacia appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).