verb/empeθiˈnaɾ/
to smear with mud; to be stubborn, to insist; to get (something) into one's head
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish em- Spanish pecina Spanish -ar Spanish empecinar From em- + pecina (“sludge”) + -ar.