reluctante

Meaning

1. (feminine, masculine) reluctant
2. (feminine, masculine) stubborn

Synonyms

reacio

Translations

riluttante

renitente

réticent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: relūctāns

In summary

Borrowed from Latin relūctantem, present participle of relūctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + lūctor (“to struggle”).