tozudo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian tozzobor.

Spanish tozo

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tusder.

Latin -ūtus

Spanish -udo

Spanish tozudo

From tozo + -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈθudo/ [t̪oˈθu.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /toˈsudo/ [t̪oˈsu.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: to‧zu‧do

Adjective

tozudo (feminine tozuda, masculine plural tozudos, feminine plural tozudas)

1. obstinate, stubborn

Derived terms

• tozudamente
• tozudez

Further reading

• “tozudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025