Galician
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Etymology
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From Old Galician-Portuguese porfiar, perfiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from porfía.
Pronunciation
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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)
- to insist, persist; to argue
- Synonyms: insistir, teimar, terquear
1858, Manuel Fernández Magariños, Seor Pedro: Cometa:Mais boto a conta do probe que non recolle carolo si non porfía co rico e terquea como o porco- But I'm counting on the poor who doesn't pick a piece of bread if he doesn't argue with the rich and insist as a pig
Conjugation
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Conjugation of porfiar (i becomes í when stressed)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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porfiar
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Personal
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porfiar
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porfiares
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porfiar
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porfiarmos
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porfiardes
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porfiarem
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Gerund
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porfiando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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porfiado
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porfiados
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Feminine
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porfiada
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porfiadas
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Indicative
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Present
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porfio
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porfias
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porfia
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porfiamos
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porfiades, porfiais
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porfiam
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Imperfect
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porfiava
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porfiavas
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porfiava
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porfiávamos
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porfiávades, porfiáveis, porfiávais1
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porfiavam
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Preterite
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porfiei
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porfiaste, porfiache1
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porfiou
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porfiamos
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porfiastes
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porfiárom, porfiaram
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Pluperfect
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porfiara
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porfiaras
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porfiara
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porfiáramos
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porfiárades, porfiáreis, porfiárais1
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porfiaram
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Future
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porfiarei
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porfiarás
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porfiará
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porfiaremos
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porfiaredes, porfiareis
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porfiarám, porfiarão
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Conditional
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porfiaria
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porfiarias
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porfiaria
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porfiaríamos
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porfiaríades, porfiaríeis, porfiaríais1
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porfiariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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porfie
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porfies
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porfie
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porfiemos
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porfiedes, porfieis
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porfiem
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Imperfect
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porfiasse
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porfiasses
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porfiasse
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porfiássemos
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porfiássedes, porfiásseis
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porfiassem
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Future
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porfiar
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porfiares
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porfiar
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porfiarmos
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porfiardes
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porfiarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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porfia
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porfie
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porfiemos
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porfiade, porfiai
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porfiem
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Negative (nom)
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nom porfies
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nom porfie
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nom porfiemos
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nom porfiedes, nom porfieis
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nom porfiem
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References
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- “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
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Etymology
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From porfia + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poʁ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [poh.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /poʁˈfja(ʁ)/ [pohˈfja(h)]
- (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)/
porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado)
- (intransitive) to dispute
- Synonym: disputar
- (intransitive, transitive) to insist, persist
- Synonyms: insistir, teimar
Conjugation
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
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Etymology
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From porfía + -iar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /poɾˈfjaɾ/ [poɾˈfjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: por‧fiar
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
- Synonyms: discutir, debatir
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of porfiar (i-í alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive porfiar
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dative
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porfiarme
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porfiarte
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porfiarle, porfiarse
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porfiarnos
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porfiaros
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porfiarles, porfiarse
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accusative
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porfiarme
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porfiarte
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porfiarlo, porfiarla, porfiarse
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porfiarnos
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porfiaros
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porfiarlos, porfiarlas, porfiarse
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with gerund porfiando
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dative
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porfiándome
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porfiándote
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porfiándole, porfiándose
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porfiándonos
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porfiándoos
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porfiándoles, porfiándose
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accusative
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porfiándome
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porfiándote
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porfiándolo, porfiándola, porfiándose
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porfiándonos
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porfiándoos
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porfiándolos, porfiándolas, porfiándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative porfía
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dative
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porfíame
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porfíate
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porfíale
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porfíanos
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not used
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porfíales
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accusative
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porfíame
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porfíate
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porfíalo, porfíala
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porfíanos
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not used
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porfíalos, porfíalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative porfiá
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dative
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porfiame
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porfiate
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porfiale
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porfianos
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not used
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porfiales
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accusative
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porfiame
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porfiate
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porfialo, porfiala
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porfianos
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not used
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porfialos, porfialas
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with formal second-person singular imperative porfíe
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dative
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porfíeme
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not used
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porfíele, porfíese
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porfíenos
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not used
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porfíeles
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accusative
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porfíeme
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not used
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porfíelo, porfíela, porfíese
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porfíenos
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not used
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porfíelos, porfíelas
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with first-person plural imperative porfiemos
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dative
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not used
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porfiémoste
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porfiémosle
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porfiémonos
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porfiémoos
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porfiémosles
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accusative
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not used
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porfiémoste
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porfiémoslo, porfiémosla
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porfiémonos
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porfiémoos
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porfiémoslos, porfiémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative porfiad
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dative
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porfiadme
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not used
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porfiadle
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porfiadnos
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porfiaos
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porfiadles
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accusative
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porfiadme
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not used
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porfiadlo, porfiadla
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porfiadnos
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porfiaos
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porfiadlos, porfiadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative porfíen
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dative
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porfíenme
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not used
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porfíenle
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porfíennos
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not used
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porfíenles, porfíense
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accusative
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porfíenme
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not used
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porfíenlo, porfíenla
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porfíennos
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not used
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porfíenlos, porfíenlas, porfíense
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Derived terms
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Further reading
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