porfía

See also: porfia, and porfiá

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈfia/ [poɾˈfi.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: por‧fí‧a

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

Derived terms

• porfiar

 

Related terms

• fe

 

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 (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

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈfia/ [poɾˈfi.a]
• 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

Further reading

• “porfía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28