empedernido
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.deʁˈni.du/ [ẽ.pe.deɦˈni.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.deʁˈni.du/ [ĩ.pe.deɦˈni.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.deɾˈni.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.deɾˈni.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.deʁˈni.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.deʁˈni.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.deɻˈni.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.deɻˈni.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨ.dɨɾˈni.du/ [ẽ.pɨ.ðɨɾˈni.ðu]
Adjective
empedernido (feminine empedernida, masculine plural empedernidos, feminine plural empedernidas)
- rock hard (hard like rock)
- (figuratively) inflexible, insensible
Participle
empedernido (feminine empedernida, masculine plural empedernidos, feminine plural empedernidas)
- past participle of empedernir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empedeɾˈnido/ [ẽm.pe.ð̞eɾˈni.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: em‧pe‧der‧ni‧do
Adjective
empedernido (feminine empedernida, masculine plural empedernidos, feminine plural empedernidas)
- hardened, inveterate, hopeless, confirmed
Participle
empedernido (feminine empedernida, masculine plural empedernidos, feminine plural empedernidas)
- past participle of empedernir
Further reading
- “empedernido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014