terco

adj.

stubborn, hardheaded, dogged, hard-nosed.

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terco

► adjetivo

1 obstinate, stubborn

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(f. - terca)

adj.

stubborn

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ADJ

1) (=obstinado) stubborn, obstinate

- terco como una mula

2) And (=severo) harsh, unfeeling; (=indiferente) indifferent

3) [material] hard, tough, hard to work

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-ca adjetivo stubborn, obstinate

ser terco como una mula — (fam) to be as stubborn as a mule

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= stubborn, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, self-willed.

Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.

Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.

Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

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-ca adjetivo stubborn, obstinate

ser terco como una mula — (fam) to be as stubborn as a mule

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= stubborn, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, self-willed.

Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.

Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.

Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

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terco -ca

adjective

stubborn, obstinate

ser terco como una mula (fam); to be as stubborn as a mule

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terco

◊ -ca adjetivo

stubborn, obstinate
terco,-a adjetivo stubborn

'terco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- cabezón
- cabezona
- cabezudo
- como
- terca
- canijo
- empecinado
- mula
English:
bloody-minded
- obstinate
- pigheaded
- self-opinionated
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- wilful
- wilfull
- mule
- strong
- willful

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terco, -a

♦ adj

1. [testarudo] stubborn;

Comp

terco como una mula as stubborn as a mule

2. Ecuad [indiferente] cold, aloof

♦ nm,f

stubborn person;

ser un terco to be stubborn

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terco

adj stubborn

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terco, -ca adj

obstinado: obstinate, stubborn

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terco adj stubborn