porfia

See also: porfía and porfiá

Galician

Verb

porfia

1. (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]

• (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)

1. dispute

   Synonym: disputa

2. obstinacy

   Synonym: teima

Derived terms

• porfiar

Further reading

• “porfia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “porfia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “porfia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “porfia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “porfia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “porfia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

porfia

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