terquedad
Spanish, noun/teɾkeˈdad/
terquedad is spelled T-E-R-Q-U-E-D-A-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terquedad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stubbornness, obstinacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incapacidad de atender a razones a la hora de cejar en un empeño, sin importar las consecuencias que ello…”.
What does terquedad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestubbornness, obstinacy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Incapacidad de atender a razones a la hora de cejar en un empeño, sin importar las consecuencias que ello pudiera acarrear.
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 terquedad
- terquedades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terquedad?
- /teɾkeˈdad/
- [t̪eɾ.keˈð̞að̞]
- [t̪eɾkeˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terquedad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terquedad in Spanish?
terquedad appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).