"terco" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈteɾko/, [ˈt̪eɾ.ko] Forms: terca [feminine], tercos [masculine, plural], tercas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -eɾko Etymology: Attested from the fifteenth century, probably cognate with Italian tirchio and Catalan enterc (“stiff, rigid”). Several farther etymologies have been suggested: a shared proto-Romance word from Proto-Celtic *terkos (“scarce, meagre”), compare Irish tearc (“meagre”)); a derivation from Italian pirchio (“stingy”, dialectal) + tirato (“avaricious”); or, reversing the usual derivation, from rare entercar (whence entercarse), syncopated from rare 16th. century *enternegar, from Latin internecō (“to slaughter”); or from Latin tricae (“trivia”), via a verb derived in Vulgar Latin. As the word has no mediaeval attestation, a southern European borrowing from dialectal Italian may be most likely; of the proto-Romance theories, derivation from internecō is phonetically the easiest. Etymology templates: {{cog|it|tirchio}} Italian tirchio, {{cog|ca|enterc||stiff, rigid}} Catalan enterc (“stiff, rigid”), {{der|es|cel-pro|*terkos||scarce, meagre}} Proto-Celtic *terkos (“scarce, meagre”), {{cog|ga|tearc||meagre}} Irish tearc (“meagre”), {{der|es|it|-}} Italian, {{compound|it|pirchio|tirato|nocat=1|pos1=dialectal|t1=stingy|t2=avaricious}} pirchio (“stingy”, dialectal) + tirato (“avaricious”), {{m|es|entercar}} entercar, {{m|es|entercarse}} entercarse, {{m|es|*enternegar}} *enternegar, {{der|es|la|internecō||to slaughter}} Latin internecō (“to slaughter”), {{der|es|la|tricae||trivia}} Latin tricae (“trivia”), {{der|es|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m|la|internecō}} internecō Head templates: {{es-adj}} terco (feminine terca, masculine plural tercos, feminine plural tercas)
  1. stubborn, stiff-necked, obstinate, willful, dogged, pigheaded, pig-headed, hardheaded, hard-headed, bullheaded, bull-headed Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: obstinado, porfiado, testarudo Derived forms: entercarse
    Sense id: en-terco-es-adj-YupeFW8N Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Irish tearc (“meagre”)",
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          "dogged"
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        [
          "pigheaded",
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        [
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        [
          "hard-headed",
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        [
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          "word": "obstinado"
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        {
          "word": "porfiado"
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        {
          "word": "testarudo"
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      "ipa": "/ˈteɾko/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪eɾ.ko]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾko"
    }
  ],
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}
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    }
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
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        "5": "to slaughter"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "tricae",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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      "form": "terca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tercos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    }
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        "Spanish lemmas",
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        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "willful",
          "willful"
        ],
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          "dogged",
          "dogged"
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          "pigheaded",
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        ],
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        [
          "hardheaded",
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        ],
        [
          "hard-headed",
          "hard-headed"
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        [
          "bullheaded",
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        [
          "bull-headed",
          "bull-headed"
        ]
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          "word": "obstinado"
        },
        {
          "word": "porfiado"
        },
        {
          "word": "testarudo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɾko/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪eɾ.ko]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "terco"
}

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