pórfido
Spanish, noun/ˈpoɾfido/
pórfido is spelled P-Ó-R-F-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pórfido is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “porphyry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Roca compacta y dura, formada por una sustancia amorfa, ordinariamente de color oscuro y con cristales de…”.
What does pórfido mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineporphyry
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roca compacta y dura, formada por una sustancia amorfa, ordinariamente de color oscuro y con cristales de feldespato y cuarzo. Es muy estimada para decoración de edificios.
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.
Forms of pórfido
- pórfidos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pórfido?
- /ˈpoɾfido/
- [ˈpoɾ.fi.ð̞o]
- [ˈpoɾfið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pórfido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pórfido in Spanish?
pórfido appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).