teimar

Attested since the 19th century. From teima (“obsession, idée fixe”).

• IPA^(key): [tejˈmaɾ]

teimar (first-person singular present teimo, first-person singular preterite teimei, past participle teimado)

1. (intransitive) to insist or persist [with en ‘in something’ or en (+ infinitive) ‘in doing something’]

   Synonyms: cismar, insistir, porfiar, enteimar

   • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A gaita gallega:

     A teimar ninguén me gana meu amo na teima fico son máis porfión que o pico que as duras pedras debana: máis que vexa unha catana de punta cabo do bico hei de decir chichirico e o lenguaxe gallego

     In being obstinate nobody wins me, milord. I remain in the obstinacy; I'm more obstinate than the pick that hard stones undo; even seeing a pointing katana next to my beak I will say dandy in Galician language

• enteimar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teimar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teimar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “teimar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teimar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From teima (“obstinacy, persistence”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: tei‧mar

teimar (first-person singular present teimo, first-person singular preterite teimei, past participle teimado)

1. (intransitive) to persist [with em ‘in something’ or em (+ infinitive) ‘in doing something’]
2. (intransitive) to insist [with em ‘in something’ or em (+ infinitive) ‘in doing something’]
   • 1896, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, “XLIV”, in A Luneta Mágica:

     Eu me sentia perfeitamente restabelecido; mas o médico teimava em administrar-me colheres de uma preparação que ajudada de severa dieta debilitava-me cruelmente.

     I felt perfectly restored; but the doctor insisted on administering me spoons of a preparation which, aided by a severe diet, cruelly weakened me.