porfia

See also: porfía and porfiá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese perfia, from Latin perfidia (“dishonesty”). Compare Spanish porfía.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: por‧fi‧a

Noun

porfia f (plural porfias)

  1. dispute
  2. obstinacy

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