emperrarse in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for emperrarse in the Spanish»English Dictionary

emperrarse VB vpr inf (emperrarse con algo)

se emperró con ese coche

she got it into her head that she wanted that car

se emperró con ese coche

she was determined to get o have that car

(emperrarse en algo) se emperró en hacerlo él solo

he was determined to do it on his own

se emperró en que tenía que ser hoy mismo

he insisted o he had got(ten) it into his head o he was determined that it had to be today

emperrarse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for emperrarse in the Spanish»English Dictionary

emperrarse [em·pe·ˈrrar·se] VB refl inf (obstinarse)

emperrarse

to be bent [or dead set] on

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Spanish

Emperrarse en trabajar durante crisis como esta, sin embargo, me ha llevado a donde he llegado.

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