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Portuguese

teimar

English

to insist

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Examples of how to use "teimar" in Portuguese

Portuguese
Por que você teima em discordar?
English
Why do you insist on disagreeing?
Portuguese
Ele teima em ter sempre razão.
English
He insists on always being right.
Portuguese
Ontem eu teimei com o professor.
English
Yesterday I argued with the teacher.
Portuguese
Quando criança, eu teimava bastante.
English
When I was a child, I used to be quite stubborn.
Portuguese
Amanhã nós teimaremos sobre isso.
English
Tomorrow we will argue about this.
Portuguese
Eu teimaria se estivesse cansado.
English
I would insist if I were tired.

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Por que você teima em discordar?

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