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, or transitive with en) to insist, persist

   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 that the pick that hard stones undo; even seeing a pointing katana next to my beak I will say dandy in Galician language

• enteimar

• “teimar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “teimar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “teimar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “teimar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

• Hyphenation: tei‧mar

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

1. (intransitive, or transitive with em) to persist
2. (intransitive, or transitive with em) to insist
   • 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.