- tenaz
- adj.1 tenacious (perseverante).2 stubborn (persistente).* * *tenaz► adjetivo (pl tenaces)1 (persona) tenacious; (perseverante) persevering, unflagging2 (dolor) persistent, unremitting; (mancha) hard to remove* * *ADJ1) [persona] (=perseverante) tenacious, persistent2) (=persistente) [dolor] persistent; [mancha] stubborn; [creencia] firm, stubborn pey; [resistencia] tenacious3) [material] tough, durable, resistant* * *adjetivo1)a) <persona> tenacious
su tenaz propósito de ganar — in his determined bid to win
b) <dolor> persistent; <mancha> stubborn2) (Col fam)a) <problema/situación> toughb) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)* * *= vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.Ex. Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.Ex. The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.Ex. This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.Ex. Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.* * *adjetivo1)a) <persona> tenacioussu tenaz propósito de ganar — in his determined bid to win
b) <dolor> persistent; <mancha> stubborn2) (Col fam)a) <problema/situación> toughb) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)* * *= vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.Ex: Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.
Ex: The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.Ex: This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.* * *tenazadjectiveA1 ‹persona› tenaciousen su tenaz propósito de conquistar el título in his determined bid to win the title2 ‹dolor› persistent; ‹mancha› stubborn3 ‹metal/material› toughB (Col fam)1 ‹problema/situación› tough2 (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)* * *
tenaz adjetivoa) ‹persona› tenaciousb) ‹dolor› persistent;
‹mancha› stubborn
tenaz adjetivo
1 (persona) tenacious
2 (constipado, sequía) persistent
'tenaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
constante
- obstinado
English:
dogged
- obstinate
- stout
- strong-willed
- tenacious
- strenuous
- strong
- stubborn
* * *tenaz adj1. [perseverante] [persona, empeño, actitud] tenacious2. [persistente] [mancha, grasa] stubborn;[dolor, dolencia] chronic3. [resistente] tough4. Col Fam [terrible] terrible, awful;¡uy, tenaz! [¡no me digas!] you don't say!* * *tenazadj determined, tenacious* * *tenaz adj, pl tenaces1) : tenacious, persistent2) : strong, tough
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.