porfiado
Portuguese, adjective/poʁ.fiˈa.du/
porfiado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “tenacious; stubborn (unwilling to yield)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of porfiar.
What does porfiado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tenacious; stubborn (unwilling to yield)
verb
- 1
past participle of porfiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of porfiado
- porfiada feminine
- porfiados masculine plural
- porfiadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porfiado?
- Brazil /poʁ.fiˈa.du/
- Brazil [poh.fiˈa.du]
- Brazil /poʁˈfja.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porfiado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.