English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English heedstrong, equivalent to head + strong.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
headstrong (comparative more headstrong, superlative most headstrong)
- Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
- He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.
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Translations[edit]
determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want
- Bashkir: үҙһүҙле (üźhüźle), еңмеш (yeñmeş), ныҡышмал (nıqışmal)
- Bulgarian: своеволен (bg) (svoevolen), вироглав (bg) (viroglav)
- Catalan: tossut (ca), cabut (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 任性 (zh) (rènxìng)
- Czech: odhodlaný (cs), tvrdohlavý (cs)
- Finnish: sisukas (fi), päättäväinen (fi)
- French: obstiné (fr)
- German: eigensinnig (de)
- Greek: ισχυρογνώμων (el) (ischyrognómon)
- Hindi: हठी (hi) (haṭhī)
- Hungarian: nyakas (hu), konok (hu), makacs (hu)
- Irish: ceanntréan, ceanndána
- Italian: determinato (it)
- Maori: matauaua, upoko mārō, taringa pākura
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: egenrådig
- Plautdietsch: baulstierich
- Portuguese: obstinado (pt)
- Romanian: încăpățânat (ro)
- Russian: своенравный (ru) (svojenravnyj)
- Spanish: díscolo (es), desconsiderado (es)
- Swedish: egensinnig (sv)
- Turkish: dik başlı (tr), dik kafalı
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