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): [poɾˈfi.ɐ]

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

• “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.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014