English-Spanish translations for stubborn

• testarudo
  Usted es tan testarudo en esta cuestión como un pescador de altura. You are as stubborn on this issue as a deep-sea fisherman.
  Ese caballero testarudo de Praga ha firmado en última instancia y finalmente hemos llegado al final del viaje. That stubborn man in Prague has finally signed and we have now reached the end of the journey at last.
  Así pues, cuando levantemos una copa hoy, será para brindar por aquellos Estados miembros valientes y testarudos, como los Países Bajos, que se han negado a acceder a las demandas de este Parlamento. So, when I raise a glass today, then it will be to those courageous, stubborn Member States, like the Netherlands, that have refused to agree to this Parliament's demands.
• cabezadura
• cabezota
• obcecado
  La cuestión que se plantea ahora es cómo ha empezado realmente este conflicto, una pelea entre hermanos, entre dos dirigentes obcecados, que hace tan sólo seis años vivían en un mismo país. Both sides claim land on the basis of old colonial maps, and both are too stubborn even to talk to the peace negotiators and listen to what they have to say.
  Entre los palestinos hay personas transigentes y extremistas obcecados, como hay palomas y halcones entre los israelíes, tal y como Tzipi Livni ha demostrado. There are compromisers and stubborn extremists among the Palestinians, just as there are doves and hawks among the Israelis, as was made clear by Tzipi Livni.
• obstinado
  Sin embargo, la OMS y el ECDC han mantenido un silencio obstinado. However, the WHO and the ECDC have maintained a stubborn silence.
  Sin embargo, el obstinado rumbo del Gobierno destruye tales esfuerzos. Yet the stubborn line taken by the government keeps destroying these efforts.
  En cada valle, la gente mantiene sus propios puntos de vista, a menudo obstinados, y no acoge con agrado las interferencias externas. In every valley the people determine their often stubborn points-of-view and they do not appreciate outside interference.
• porfiado
• terco
  Precisamente por ese motivo soy algo terco respecto a la creación de dicho fondo, cuando no estamos seguros de las modalidades y la política de dicho fondo. It is exactly for that reason that I am somewhat stubborn about creating such a fund when we are not sure about the modalities and the policy of that fund.
  ¿Tendremos que pelear cada año para obtener una contribución simbólica de los tercos Estados miembros que posteriormente acusarán a Europa de ser ineficaz y superflua? Will we have to fight each year to obtain a token contribution from stubborn Member States that will subsequently accuse Europe of being ineffective and superfluous?
  Existen muchas modas pasajeras respecto a estos temas, pero seré muy terco, con el apoyo de esta Asamblea, y me mantendré firme en lo que he definido. There are many fashions of the month in the discussion on these issues and I will be quite stubborn, with the support from this House, and stick to what we have defined.
• tozudo

Definition of stubborn

• Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something
• Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked
• Stubbornness
• A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by

Examples

• He is pretty stubborn about his political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
• Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly

Related words

• stubbornness
• stubbornly
• stubborn as a mule