empedernido
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.pe.deʁˈni.du/
empedernido is spelled E-M-P-E-D-E-R-N-I-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empedernido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rock hard (hard like rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empedernir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “duro como pedra; petrificado”.
What does empedernido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rock hard (hard like rock)
- 2
inflexible, insensible
verb
- 1
past participle of empedernir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. duro como pedra; petrificado 2. inflexível, cabeça dura
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of empedernido
- empedernida feminine
- empedernidos masculine plural
- empedernidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empedernido?
- Brazil /ẽ.pe.deʁˈni.du/
- Brazil [ẽ.pe.deɦˈni.du]
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.deʁˈni.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empedernido in Portuguese?
empedernido appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).