porfiadamente
Spanish, adverb/poɾˌfjadaˈmente/
porfiadamente is spelled P-O-R-F-I-A-D-A-M-E-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish, the 279,992nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porfiadamente is a Spanish adverb meaning “obstinately, pertinaciously, contentiously” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De un modo porfiado, tercamente”.
What does porfiadamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
obstinately, pertinaciously, contentiously
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De un modo porfiado, tercamente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce porfiadamente?
- /poɾˌfjadaˈmente/
- [poɾˌfja.ð̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
- [poɾˌfjað̞aˈmẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is porfiadamente in Spanish?
porfiadamente appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).