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/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.deɻˈni.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.deɻˈni.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pe.deʁˈni.do/ [ẽ.pe.deɦˈni.do], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pe.deʁˈni.do/ [ĩ.pe.deɦˈni.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
Further reading
- “empedernido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “empedernido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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)
Participle
empedernido (feminine empedernida, masculine plural empedernidos, feminine plural empedernidas)
- past participle of empedernir
Further reading
- “empedernido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025