empedernir
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.pe.deʁˈni(ʁ)/
empedernir is spelled E-M-P-E-D-E-R-N-I-R (10 letters). Empedernir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make rock hard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar pedra, converter em pedra, figuradamente ser insensível ou de ideias duras, inamovíveis ou firmes”.
What does empedernir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make rock hard
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar pedra, converter em pedra, figuradamente ser insensível ou de ideias duras, inamovíveis ou firmes
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 empedernir
- empedirno Brazil Portugal error-unknown-tag
- empederne present singular third-person
- empederni first-person preterite singular
- empedernido participle past
- i-e alternation
- empedernires infinitive second-person singular
- empedernirmos first-person infinitive plural
- empedernirdes infinitive plural second-person
- empedernirem infinitive plural third-person
- empedernindo gerund
- empedernidos masculine participle past
- empedernida feminine participle past
- empedernidas feminine participle past
- empedernes indicative present second-person
- empedernimos first-person indicative plural
- empedernis indicative plural present
- empedernem indicative plural present
- empedernia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empedernir?
- Brazil /ẽ.pe.deʁˈni(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.pe.deɦˈni(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.deʁˈni(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.