La Palabra Del Día "porfía"
porfía ( por-fee'-ah )
noun ( persistence; stubbornness )
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Examples:
1: La porfía de los socios por sacar el producto al mercado por fin dio resultados.
The business partners' persistence in getting the product on the market finally paid off.
2: La porfía mostrada por los negociadores hizo imposible que se llegara a un acuerdo.
The stubbornness shown by the negotiators made it impossible for a deal to be reached.
8 Answers
Me parece que él tiene porfía , pero no podemos saber si esta es suficiente o no.
I think he is persistent , but we can not know if this is enough or not.
Aquí está la resultado de su porfía.
Here it is the result of his persistence.
La porfía puede ser buena cuando te hace intentar una y otra vez hasta que se resuelva un problema, pero puede ser mala cuando te hace intentar el mismo método que no ha tenido éxito muchas veces antes.
Stubbornness can be good when it makes you try again and again until a problem is resolved, but it can be bad when it makes you try the same way that has not worked many times before.
El perro es terco pero la dueña tiene porfía. ¿Cuál de los dos ganará?
The dog is stubborn but the owner is persistent. Which one will win?
Su porfía no era suficiente para dominar el corazón del ella.
His persistence was not enough to sway her heart.
Las mulas tienen la fama de tener porfía.
Mules have the reputation of being stubborn.
La porfía es cómo aprendes cosas difíciles.
Persistence is how you learn difficult things.
Hay es siempre una persona en el equipo quien tienes demasiado porfía y ataca el trabajo.
There is always one person on a team who has too much stubbornness and stalls the work.
Mi nieto está mostrando mucha porfía en aprendiendo caminar.
My grandson is showing a lot of persistence in learning to walk.
