porfiar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese porfiar, perfiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from porfía.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [poɾfiˈaɾ]
Verb
porfiar (first-person singular present porfío, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado)
porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado, reintegrationist norm)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
References
- “perfiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “perfi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “porfiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “porfiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “porfiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poʁ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [poh.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /poʁˈfja(ʁ)/ [pohˈfja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /poɾ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [poɾ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /poɾˈfja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʁ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [poχ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /poʁˈfja(ʁ)/ [poχˈfja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poɻ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [poɻ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /poɻˈfja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾˈfjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /puɾˈfja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: por‧fi‧ar
Verb
porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈfjaɾ/ [poɾˈfjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: por‧fiar
Verb
porfiar (first-person singular present porfío, first-person singular preterite porfié, past participle porfiado)
- to insist, persist; persevere
- Synonym: insistir
- porfiar por algo, porfiar en algo
- insist on something
- 1633, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Amar después de la muerta:
- ¡Qué pesadas y qué necias son, pues en cuanto porfían, nunca ha quedado por ellas!
- They're so grating and stubborn! Whenever they persist, he has never said no to them!
- to argue
- 1891, José María de Pereda, Nubes de estío, Chapter 9:
- Conoció que su hermana no había dormido un instante en toda la noche, aunque Irene aseguraba lo contrario; pero no quiso porfiar por no recrudecer las heridas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive porfiar | |||||||
dative | porfiarme | porfiarte | porfiarle, porfiarse | porfiarnos | porfiaros | porfiarles, porfiarse | |
accusative | porfiarme | porfiarte | porfiarlo, porfiarla, porfiarse | porfiarnos | porfiaros | porfiarlos, porfiarlas, porfiarse | |
with gerund porfiando | |||||||
dative | porfiándome | porfiándote | porfiándole, porfiándose | porfiándonos | porfiándoos | porfiándoles, porfiándose | |
accusative | porfiándome | porfiándote | porfiándolo, porfiándola, porfiándose | porfiándonos | porfiándoos | porfiándolos, porfiándolas, porfiándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative porfía | |||||||
dative | porfíame | porfíate | porfíale | porfíanos | not used | porfíales | |
accusative | porfíame | porfíate | porfíalo, porfíala | porfíanos | not used | porfíalos, porfíalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative porfiá | |||||||
dative | porfiame | porfiate | porfiale | porfianos | not used | porfiales | |
accusative | porfiame | porfiate | porfialo, porfiala | porfianos | not used | porfialos, porfialas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative porfíe | |||||||
dative | porfíeme | not used | porfíele, porfíese | porfíenos | not used | porfíeles | |
accusative | porfíeme | not used | porfíelo, porfíela, porfíese | porfíenos | not used | porfíelos, porfíelas | |
with first-person plural imperative porfiemos | |||||||
dative | not used | porfiémoste | porfiémosle | porfiémonos | porfiémoos | porfiémosles | |
accusative | not used | porfiémoste | porfiémoslo, porfiémosla | porfiémonos | porfiémoos | porfiémoslos, porfiémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative porfiad | |||||||
dative | porfiadme | not used | porfiadle | porfiadnos | porfiaos | porfiadles | |
accusative | porfiadme | not used | porfiadlo, porfiadla | porfiadnos | porfiaos | porfiadlos, porfiadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative porfíen | |||||||
dative | porfíenme | not used | porfíenle | porfíennos | not used | porfíenles, porfíense | |
accusative | porfíenme | not used | porfíenlo, porfíenla | porfíennos | not used | porfíenlos, porfíenlas, porfíense |
Derived terms
- porfiador
Further reading
- “porfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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