intestardirsi

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- +‎ testardo +‎ -ire +‎ -si.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.tes.tarˈdir.si/
  • Rhymes: -irsi
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧star‧dìr‧si

Verb

intestardìrsi (first-person singular present mi intestardìsco, first-person singular past historic mi intestardìi, past participle intestardìtosi)

  1. to be stubborn, to be obstinate, to insist [with in ‘in/on something’ or a (+ infinitive) ‘in/on doing something’]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • intestardirsi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana