porfía

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See also: porfia and porfiá

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese perfia, from Latin perfidia (“faithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood, perfidy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

porfía f (plural porfías)

  1. (archaic) perfidy
  2. obstinacy
  3. argument, quarrel, especially when no part is willing to yield
    Synonyms: baralla, discusión, rifa
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References

  • “perfia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “perfia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “porfia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “porfía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “porfía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “porfía”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

porfía

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

  1. obstinacy
    Synonyms: obstinación, testarudez, terquedad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

porfía

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

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