Someone who is stubborn is stubborn.
Stubborn is an adjective that describes someone who is stubborn or stubborn , who remains firm in his or her opinions regardless of what others may say. The term comes from stubbornness : the action of arguing obstinately or of stating, insistently and repeatedly, the successes obtained.
For example: “Why are you so stubborn? I'm telling you that you left the light on all night and you insist on denying it." "When I was young I was very stubborn, although when I grew up I learned to listen to others." "If you discover that you are not right, you cannot continue being stubborn.”
Different connotations of the adjective stubborn
The concept can be used in different ways. On the one hand, the adjective can have a negative connotation when it refers to the stubborn person's inability to listen to other opinions beyond their own or to recognize that they are making a mistake. In another way, you can say that someone is stubborn as a way of highlighting their stubbornness in defending an idea, which is positive .
Suppose that, before a concert begins, one person in the audience claims that the show will last two hours, while another individual maintains that the band in question's shows always last less than an hour and a half. The first subject will insist with his version until the concert finally ends seventy minutes after its start, which will earn him the accusation of stubbornness from the other subject.
In the positive meaning of the term, a sports journalist can congratulate a team for being stubborn and continuing to attack even when they are ahead on the scoreboard.
A stubborn doll cannot be knocked down.
A type of doll
As a noun, stubborn is a doll constructed in such a way that after being knocked down it is always able to stand up again. The secret is found in its base , which looks like half a sphere and weighs more than the rest of the figure, which is why it feels a greater attraction to the ground and adjusts quickly until its central point is aligned perpendicularly. with the surface. Other names that this type of doll receives are always-stiff , stubborn monkey , tentetieso , stubborn doll and snack .
It is a toy that greatly attracts the little ones, given its particular behavior after being hit or thrown through the air. In addition, stubborn is available in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes; Since it does not have electrical or mechanical parts, but is based on a basic and easy-to-reproduce principle , its manufacturing cost is comparable to that of a normal stuffed toy. On the other hand, some models include sound effects that accompany the movement, making the product more expensive and more delicate.
In Japan , there are figures known as Daruma , which represent the founder of Zen , Bodhidharma , and some of them can also return to their initial position if they are tilted, although in this case this particularity is included as a symbol of determination, persistence and the optimism that characterized this character.
Unlike the stubborn one, which is a mere decoration or a child's toy, the Daruma serves to keep its owner in mind about a goal that requires great sacrifices; To do this, he places it in a visible part of his home and paints one of its pupils (originally, his eyes are empty), and only completes the other when he has reached his goal .
Album “Stubborn”
The Uruguayan rock group El Cuarteto de Nos released an album titled "Porfiado" in early 2012 , produced by Warner Music .
This album consists of twelve original songs, of which "When it's big" was its first single.