Polyglot Dictionary

porfiar

/poɾˈfjaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
porfío
preterite (yo)
porfié
past participle
porfiado

Meaning

  1. to persist

    • Porfió hasta conseguirlo.

      He persisted until he got it.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

persistir

porfiar implies more stubborn persistence or insistence; persistir is more general.

Similar in other languages

French

persister

persister is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to persist."

Portuguese

persistir

persistir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to persist."

Practice

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