porfia

See also: porfía and porfiá

Galician

Verb

porfia

(reintegrationist norm) inflection of porfiar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese perfia, from Latin perfidia (“dishonesty”). Compare Spanish porfía. Doublet of perfídia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈfi.ɐ/ [pohˈfi.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈfi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈfi.ɐ/ [poχˈfi.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻˈfi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈfi.ɐ/

Rhymes: -iɐ
Hyphenation: por‧fi‧a

Noun

porfia f (plural porfias)

dispute
Synonym: disputa
obstinacy
Synonym: teima

Derived terms

porfiar

Further reading

“porfia” in iDicionário Aulete.
“porfia” in Dicionário inFormal.
“porfia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“porfia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“porfia” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“porfia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Verb

porfia

inflection of porfiar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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