French term
Avoir la tête dure
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Proposed translations
be pigheaded
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pigheade...
Of course in these woke days it might not go down well in certain religious circles ...
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Yolanda Broad
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writeaway
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Rachel Fell
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Michele Fauble
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Carol Gullidge
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Andrew Bramhall
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Canada
Never Give Up No Matter what Try Again!
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Luxembourgish, Canadian, Swiss, Belgian) 
, Lingala 
, English (Variants: UK, South African, French, Canadian, US) , Swahili
Works in: French to English, Lingala to English, Swahili to English, and 60 more.
to be stubborn
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Bokani Hart
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Marienah
: To be stubborn
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Just one of many synonyms
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Greece
EnFrGreek Medical/Mechanical/Legal
Native in: Greek (Variant: Modern) , Greek (Ancient) (Variants: Ionic, Aeolic, Koine (common), Doric, Homeric)
Works in: French to Greek, Greek to French, English to Greek, and 5 more.
Headstrong/bullheaded/bloody-minded/strongwilled
You're wasting your time arguing with her: she's more strong-willed than you
Jason is always doing headstrong things like forcing his subordinates to cater to his whims.
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Yolanda Broad
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Thank you, Yolanda!
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Andrew Bramhall
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Thank you, Andrew!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: "Hardheaded" here, also stubborn , obstinate etc but not really strongwilled/ bloodyminded
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Thanks a lot, Yvonne!
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Algeria
Freelance translator, proofreader
Native in: Kabyle , Arabic (Variant: Algerian)
Works in: English to Kabyle, English to Arabic, English to French, and 5 more.
To be stubborn
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
(biblical) to be stiff-necked
avoir la tête dure -> c’est à la Vulgate, la traduction latine de la Bible, que nous la devons, l’expression hébraïque originale étant littéralement « avoir la nuque raide ».
What does it mean to be stiff-necked in the Bible? Jews were stiff-necked, says Rabbi Ami, in the sense that they were ready to die for their faith.
http://fr.aleteia.org/2018/02/23/ces-expressions-qui-ont-une-origine-biblique-avoir-la-tete-dure/
Discussion
In this case, there are as many synonyms in English as there are for the French examples youve given with the literate "hardheaded' but the usual lack of context means any and all synonyms are possible