porfiar
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese porfiar, perfiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from porfía.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editporfiar (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
- 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
edit Conjugation of porfiar (i becomes í when stressed)
Reintegrated conjugation of porfiar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perfiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perfi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porfiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porfiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porfiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: por‧fi‧ar
Verb
editporfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado)
- (intransitive) to dispute
- Synonym: disputar
- (intransitive, transitive) to insist, persist
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of porfiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editporfiar (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
edit Conjugation of porfiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of porfiar (i-í alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “porfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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