Empedernido (en. Inveterate)

/em.pe.ðer.ˈni.ðo/

Meaning & Definition

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adjective

Definition_text: Refers to someone who is inflexible or does not change their opinion.

Example_sentence: He is a hardened smoker who doesn't want to quit tobacco.

Es un fumador empedernido que no quiere dejar el tabaco.

Definition_text: Used to describe someone who persists in a habit or custom.

Example_sentence: His hardened attitude led him to lose many opportunities.

Su actitud empedernida lo llevó a perder muchas oportunidades.

Definition_text: Can refer to someone who is formal or rigid in their way of acting.

Example_sentence: The teacher is hardened in following the rules to the letter.

El profesor es empedernido en seguir las reglas al pie de la letra.

Etymology_origin: From the verb 'harden', which means 'to turn into stone' and refers to obstinacy.

Phrase: hardened drinker

Meaning: A person who has a strong addiction to alcohol.

empedernido de la bebida

Phrase: hardened in error

Meaning: Someone who insists on maintaining a mistake despite the evidence.

empedernido en el error

Related_word: harden

Description: To turn something into stone or something unmovable.

empedernir

Related_word: obstinate

Description: Someone who tenaciously clings to an idea or purpose.

obstinado

Meaning: He is a gambling addict.

Example: That guy is a hardened one; he won't stop playing in the casino.

Ese tipo es un empedernido; no para de jugar en el casino.

Meaning: A person who does not change their way of being.

Example: Despite the criticism, he remains the same hardened person as always.

A pesar de las críticas, sigue siendo el mismo empedernido de siempre.