porfia

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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

 

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: por‧fi‧a

Noun

porfia f (plural porfias)

  1. dispute
    Synonym: disputa
  2. obstinacy
    Synonym: teima
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

porfia

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