упёртый – English translation

balk; abut; come to (Anglophile); stop at (Anglophile); stubbornly refuse (Anglophile); refuse to budge (Anglophile); be stubborn; lean; prop (against); rest (against); set; stay; get back up; run into (напр., во впереди стоящую машину; источник dimock); give a push with; plant firmly (on or against); come up against; put one's foot down

Gruzovik

rest against (pf of упираться); lean against (pf of упираться); prop against (pf of упираться)

disappr.

strike an attitude

fig.

jib; dig in (SirReal)

fig., inf.

resist

Gruzovik, inf.

leave; move away; move off; come up against (pf of упираться); bump into an obstacle (pf of упираться); fix one's eyes on (pf of упираться)

Gruzovik, slang

take away (pf of упираться); take off (pf of упираться)

idiom.

put someone's foot down (vkhanin); dig one's heels in (напр., I wanted to go on holiday in June but my wife dug her heels in, so we went in July as usual – я хотел поехать в отпуск в июне, но жена уперлась и мы, как всегда, поехали в августе Maria Klavdieva); dig in one's heels

inf.

get caught up on (something); get held up on (something); get stuck on (натолкнуться на трудности to start experiencing difficulties; something); hit up against (something); run into (something); dig in one's heels; be held up (by); bump into (an obstacle); come up (against); filch; fix (one's eyes on); insist (on); move away; move off; pilfer; rest (on); stress

jarg.

go away; take off

Makarov.

get one's back up; lean against; dig one's toes in (воспротивиться); dig one's feet in (воспротивиться)

упереть v

gen.

place firmly (on or against); fix (one’s eyes on something); lay stress on; prop (against); rest (against); stay

Gruzovik

set against (pf of упирать); rest against (pf of упирать); prop against (pf of упирать); lean against (pf of упирать)

Игорь Миг

steal; boost; make off with; walk away with

Gruzovik, dial.

move away; move off; carry with difficulty; lug; pinch; swipe; leave

Gruzovik, inf.

filch (pf of упирать); pilfer (pf of упирать)

inf.

emphasize; swipe; carry (with difficulty); filch; insist (on); lug; move off; pilfer; steal; move away; pinch; stress; poach (VLZ_58)

math.

rest; set; lean on; base

tech.

brace

упёртый adj.

gen.

die-hard (Olya34); single-minded (Anglophile); obstinate (Anglophile); bullheaded (determined in an obstinate or unthinking way Val_Ships); obdurate (george serebryakov); uncompromising (george serebryakov)

Игорь Миг

strong-willed (разг. She's just... she's just strong-willed... like her mom.); willful; obsessive; hard-nosed

amer.

bull-headed (a bull-headed boss who won't take advice from anyone Val_Ships); doctrinaire (о человеке Val_Ships); headstrong (человек: she is rather headstrong Val_Ships); stubborn as a mule (человек Val_Ships); rock-solid (о человеке; a firm and not likely to change person.: he's a rock-solid dude Val_Ships)

idiom.

diehard (Халеев)

inf.