- porfiar
- v.1 to argue obstinately.2 to argue stubbornly, to be stubborn, to contradict everything.Ese chico porfía sin razón That boy argues stubbornly.3 to insist, to persist.Ella porfía para conseguirlo She insists to get it.4 to argue stubbornly with, to contradict, to argue with.Ricardo me porfía Ricardo argues stubbornly with me.* * *porfiar► verbo intransitivo1 (insistir) to insist (en, on)2 (discutir) to squabble* * *VI1) (=persistir) to persist, insist
porfiar en algo — to persist in sth
porfía en que es así — he insists that it is so, he will have it that it is so
porfiar por hacer algo — to struggle obstinately to do sth
porfían por escapar — they are bent on escaping
2) (=disputar) to argue stubbornlyporfiar con algn — to argue with sb
* * *verbo intransitivo1) (insistir)no me porfíes, ya te dije que no — don't keep on o go on about it, I said no
2) (perseverar)porfió en obtenerlo — he persevered in his efforts to obtain it
* * *= persevere.Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.* * *verbo intransitivo1) (insistir)no me porfíes, ya te dije que no — don't keep on o go on about it, I said no
2) (perseverar)porfió en obtenerlo — he persevered in his efforts to obtain it
* * *= persevere.Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
* * *porfiar [A17 ]vino me porfíes, ya te dije que no don't keep on o go on about it, I said noporfiar EN algo:porfió en llegar hasta el fondo del asunto he insisted on getting to the bottom of the matterporfiaron en que tenían la solución they insisted that they had the answer■ porfiarvtme porfió que ya me lo había devuelto she was adamant o she insisted that she'd already given it back to mele porfiaba al médico que era cáncer she kept telling the doctor o she kept insisting that it was cancer* * *
porfiar (conjugate porfiar) verbo intransitivo (insistir) to insist;◊ no me porfíes, ya te dije que no don't keep on o go on about it, I said no
porfiar verbo intransitivo
1 (obstinarse) to insist: por más que porfíes en ello, no tienes razón, no matter how much you argue about it, you're not right
2 to persever: porfió en su empeño de conseguir el divorcio, she was adamant about getting a divorce
3 (insistir) no me porfíes, no tengo intención de hacerlo, don't keep pestering me, I have no intention of doing it
* * *porfiar vi1. [disputar] to argue obstinately2. [insistir]porfiar en algo to insist on sth;porfió en que lo había hecho él he insisted that HE had done it3. [empeñarse]porfió en su postura inamovible she remained stubbornly immovable in her opinion* * *porfiarv/i insist (en on)* * *porfiar {85} vi: to insist, to persist
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.