# porfiar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese porfiar, perfiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from porfía.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [poɾfiˈaɾ]

### Verb

porfiar (first-person singular present porfío, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado) porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado, reintegrationist norm)
* to insist, persist; to argue
    Synonyms: insistir, teimar, terquear
** 1858, Manuel Fernández Magariños, Seor Pedro: Cometa:Mais boto a conta do probe que non recolle carolo si non porfía co rico e terquea como o porcoBut I'm counting on the poor who doesn't pick a piece of bread if he doesn't argue with the rich and insist as a pig

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perfiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perfi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porfiar”, 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), “porfiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porfiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From porfia +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /poʁ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [poh.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /poʁˈfja(ʁ)/ [pohˈfja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /poʁ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [poh.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /poʁˈfja(ʁ)/ [pohˈfja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /poɾ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [poɾ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /poɾˈfja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /poʁ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [poχ.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /poʁˈfja(ʁ)/ [poχˈfja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /poɻ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [poɻ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /poɻˈfja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puɾˈfjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puɾˈfjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /puɾˈfja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: por‧fi‧ar

### Verb

porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado)
* (intransitive) to dispute
    Synonym: disputar
* (intransitive, transitive) to insist, persist
    Synonyms: insistir, teimar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* porfiado

## Spanish
### Etymology

From porfía +‎ -iar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poɾˈfjaɾ/ [poɾˈfjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: por‧fiar

### Verb

porfiar (first-person singular present porfío, first-person singular preterite porfié, past participle porfiado)
* to insist, persist; persevere
    Synonym: insistir
    porfiar por algo, porfiar en algoinsist on something
** 1633, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Amar después de la muerta:¡Qué pesadas y qué necias son, pues en cuanto porfían, nunca ha quedado por ellas!They're so grating and stubborn! Whenever they persist, he has never said no to them!
* to argue
    Synonyms: discutir, debatir
** 1891, José María de Pereda, Nubes de estío, Chapter 9:Conoció que su hermana no había dormido un instante en toda la noche, aunque Irene aseguraba lo contrario; pero no quiso porfiar por no recrudecer las heridas.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* porfiador

#### Related terms

* porfía
* porfiado

### Further reading

* “porfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10