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Meaning of Stubborn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈstʌbɚn

Definitions

  1. Stubbornness.
  2. Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).

Equivalents

العربية عنيد
Azərbaycanca inad inadkar tərs
Беларуская упарты
Català cabut enterc tossut
Cymraeg styfnig
Dansk stædig
Deutsch dickköpfig stur
Ελληνικά πεισματάρης
Esperanto obstina
فارسی سِرتِق سمج
Suomi itsepäinen
Français borne entêté têtu
Galego cazurro teimudo testan túzaro
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi nuha
Magyar konok makacs
Հայերեն համառ
Bahasa Indonesia bebal kepala batu keras kepala
Íslenska þrjóskur
Italiano ostinato testardo
Қазақша бірбеткей
Kurdî înad li nuha stûr
Latina obstinātus
Bahasa Melayu kepala batu
Nederlands eigenwijs halsstarrig hardnekkig koppig
Polski uparty
తెలుగు మొండి
Tagalog matigas ang ulo
Türkçe inatçı
Українська впе́ртий

Examples

“But I have to say that one thing you inherited from your mother is a whole lot of stubborn.”
“That takes a lot of stubborn for a seventy-something man.”
“Stubborn is not eating pizza out of a square pan because you know it won't taste as good as a round one. Stubborn is spending twelve thousand dollars to fix a five-hundred-dollar truck just because it's “your baby.””
“With evidence that the causal agent of stubborn is spread by insects, control or prevention of this disease will prove more difficult than formerly thought to be.”
“Sectorial infection of stubborn could be stable for long periods, but may be manifested once the trees are severely pruned, this causing the system spread of S. citri to other non-infected parts.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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