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Meaning of porfiar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[poɾfiˈaɾ]

Definitions

to insist, persist; to argue

Equivalents

العربية أصر ألح
Български настоявам
Català insistir
Dansk insistere
Ελληνικά επιμένω
English insist
Esperanto insisti
فارسی اصرار کردن
Français insister
Galego insistir teimar
עברית דרש התעקש
Հայերեն պնդել
Bahasa Indonesia bersikeras
Italiano insistere
日本語 主張する
ខ្មែរ ទទូច
한국어 주장하다
Македонски настојува
Polski nalegać
Português insistir
Română insista
Українська наполягати

Examples

“Mais boto a conta do probe que non recolle carolo si non porfía co rico e terquea como o porco”

But 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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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