obstinarse

pron.v.

1 to refuse to give way.

obstinarse en to persist in

2 to become obstinate, to be obstinate, to become stubborn, to become obdurate.

El abuelo se encabritó Grandfather balked=became obstinate.

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obstinarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to persist (en, in), insist (en, on)

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VPR to be obstinate

obstinarse en hacer algo — to persist in doing sth, insist on doing sth

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(v.) = persist

Ex. Nevertheless, it cannot yet be said that all cataloguing is conducted with the use of a computer, and even some major library systems persist with manual cataloguing practices.

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(v.) = persist

Ex: Nevertheless, it cannot yet be said that all cataloguing is conducted with the use of a computer, and even some major library systems persist with manual cataloguing practices.

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obstinarse (conjugate obstinarse) verbo pronominal obstinarse EN hacer algo to (obstinately) insist on doing sth;

◊ se obstinó en no ir he obstinately refused to go;

se ha obstinado en que hay que terminarlo hoy he is bent on finishing it today
obstinarse verbo reflexivo to persist [en, in]

'obstinarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empeñarse
- porfiar
- empecinarse
- empeñar

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vpr

1. [insistir] to refuse to give way;

obstinarse en to insist on;

se obstina en seguir adelante con el proyecto he insists on going ahead with the project;

se ha obstinado en conseguirlo he is determined to achieve it

2. Ven Fam [exasperarse] to get fed up;

tanto me molestan que termino obstinándome they disturb me so much that in the end I get really fed up

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obstinarse

v/r insist;

obstinarse en hacer algo insist on doing sth

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obstinarse vr

empecinarse: to be obstinate, to be stubborn

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obstinarse vb to insist

se obstinó en arreglar él mismo la avería he insisted on repairing the fault himself