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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese perfia, from Latin perfidia (“faithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood, perfidy”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈfia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: por‧fí‧a
Noun
porfía f (plural porfías)
- (archaic) perfidy
- obstinacy
- argument, quarrel, especially when no part is willing to yield
- Synonyms: baralla, discusión, rifa
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perfia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perfia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porfia”, 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), “porfía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porfía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
porfía
- inflection of porfiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈfia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: por‧fí‧a
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin perfidia (“faithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood, perfidy”). Doublet of perfidia.
Noun
porfía f (plural porfías)
- obstinacy
- Synonyms: obstinación, testarudez, terquedad
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
porfía
- inflection of porfiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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