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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesrecalcitrante
Pronunciation / Transliteration: recalcitrante
"O suspeito manteve-se recalcitrante durante todo o interrogatório."
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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
"The teacher struggled to control the recalcitrant students in the back row."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'recalcitrant-', meaning 'kicking back' (from 're-' meaning back + 'calcitrare' meaning to kick, from 'calx' meaning heel).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Recalcitrant" is said worldwide
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récalcitrant
Transliteration: récalcitrant
"Il est difficile de raisonner avec un employé aussi récalcitrant."
widerspenstig
Transliteration: widerspenstig
"Das widerspenstige Pferd weigerte sich, den Anhänger zu betreten."
recalcitrante
Transliteration: recalcitrante
"Il governo ha dovuto affrontare un gruppo di contribuenti recalcitranti."
recalcitrante
Transliteration: recalcitrante
"Su actitud recalcitrante impidió llegar a un acuerdo pacífico."
recalcitrante
Transliteration: recalcitrante
"O suspeito manteve-se recalcitrante durante todo o interrogatório."
जिद्दी
Transliteration: ziddi
"अधिकारी इस जिद्दी समस्या का समाधान खोजने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं।"
顽抗的
Transliteration: wán kàng de
"警方正在处理这些顽抗的犯罪分子。"
반항하는
Transliteration: banhanghaneun
"그는 규칙을 따르지 않는 반항적인 태도를 보였다."
反抗的な
Transliteration: hankōtekina
"彼は権威に対して常に反抗的な態度をとる。"
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