Porfiar

to insist

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

porfiar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

porfiando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

porfiado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfio I insist	I insist
tú	porfias you insist	you insist
él/ella/usted	porfia he/she/you insists	he/she/you insists
nosotros	porfiamos we insist	we insist
vosotros	porfiáis you all insist	you all insist
ellos/ustedes	porfian they/you all insist	they/you all insist

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfiaba I used to insist	I used to insist
tú	porfiabas you used to insist	you used to insist
él/ella/usted	porfiaba he/she/you used to insist	he/she/you used to insist
nosotros	porfiábamos we used to insist	we used to insist
vosotros	porfiabais you all used to insist	you all used to insist
ellos/ustedes	porfiaban they/you all used to insist	they/you all used to insist

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfié I insisted	I insisted
tú	porfiaste you insisted	you insisted
él/ella/usted	porfió he/she/you insisted	he/she/you insisted
nosotros	porfiamos we insisted	we insisted
vosotros	porfiasteis you all insisted	you all insisted
ellos/ustedes	porfiaron they/you all insisted	they/you all insisted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfiaré I will insist	I will insist
tú	porfiarás you will insist	you will insist
él/ella/usted	porfiará he/she/you will insist	he/she/you will insist
nosotros	porfiaremos we will insist	we will insist
vosotros	porfiaréis you all will insist	you all will insist
ellos/ustedes	porfiarán they/you all will insist	they/you all will insist

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfiaría I would insist	I would insist
tú	porfiarías you would insist	you would insist
él/ella/usted	porfiaría he/she/you would insist	he/she/you would insist
nosotros	porfiaríamos we would insist	we would insist
vosotros	porfiaríais you all would insist	you all would insist
ellos/ustedes	porfiarían they/you all would insist	they/you all would insist

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfie that I insist	that I insist
tú	porfies that you insist	that you insist
él/ella/usted	porfie that he/she/you insist	that he/she/you insist
nosotros	porfiemos that we insist	that we insist
vosotros	porfiéis that you all insist	that you all insist
ellos/ustedes	porfien that they/you all insist	that they/you all insist

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	porfiara or porfiase that I insisted	that I insisted
tú	porfiaras or porfiases that you insisted	that you insisted
él/ella/usted	porfiara or porfiase that he/she/you insisted	that he/she/you insisted
nosotros	porfiáramos or porfiásemos that we insisted	that we insisted
vosotros	porfiarais or porfiaseis that you all insisted	that you all insisted
ellos/ustedes	porfiaran or porfiasen that they/you all insisted	that they/you all insisted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he porfiado I have insisted	I have insisted
tú	has porfiado you have insisted	you have insisted
él/ella/usted	ha porfiado he/she/you have insisted	he/she/you have insisted
nosotros	hemos porfiado we have insisted	we have insisted
vosotros	habéis porfiado you all have insisted	you all have insisted
ellos/ustedes	han porfiado they/you all have insisted	they/you all have insisted

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había porfiado I had insisted	I had insisted
tú	habías porfiado you had insisted	you had insisted
él/ella/usted	había porfiado he/she/you had insisted	he/she/you had insisted
nosotros	habíamos porfiado we had insisted	we had insisted
vosotros	habíais porfiado you all had insisted	you all had insisted
ellos/ustedes	habían porfiado they/you all had insisted	they/you all had insisted

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube porfiado I had insisted	I had insisted
tú	hubiste porfiado you had insisted	you had insisted
él/ella/usted	hubo porfiado he/she/you had insisted	he/she/you had insisted
nosotros	hubimos porfiado we had insisted	we had insisted
vosotros	hubisteis porfiado you all had insisted	you all had insisted
ellos/ustedes	hubieron porfiado they/you all had insisted	they/you all had insisted

🎊

Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré porfiado I will have insisted	I will have insisted
tú	habrás porfiado you will have insisted	you will have insisted
él/ella/usted	habrá porfiado he/she/you will have insisted	he/she/you will have insisted
nosotros	habremos porfiado we will have insisted	we will have insisted
vosotros	habréis porfiado you all will have insisted	you all will have insisted
ellos/ustedes	habrán porfiado they/you all will have insisted	they/you all will have insisted

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría porfiado I would have insisted	I would have insisted
tú	habrías porfiado you would have insisted	you would have insisted
él/ella/usted	habría porfiado he/she/you would have insisted	he/she/you would have insisted
nosotros	habríamos porfiado we would have insisted	we would have insisted
vosotros	habríais porfiado you all would have insisted	you all would have insisted
ellos/ustedes	habrían porfiado they/you all would have insisted	they/you all would have insisted

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya porfiado that I have insisted	that I have insisted
tú	hayas porfiado that you have insisted	that you have insisted
él/ella/usted	haya porfiado that he/she/you have insisted	that he/she/you have insisted
nosotros	hayamos porfiado that we have insisted	that we have insisted
vosotros	hayáis porfiado that you all have insisted	that you all have insisted
ellos/ustedes	hayan porfiado that they/you all have insisted	that they/you all have insisted

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera porfiado that I had insisted	that I had insisted
tú	hubieras porfiado that you had insisted	that you had insisted
él/ella/usted	hubiera porfiado that he/she/you had insisted	that he/she/you had insisted
nosotros	hubiéramos porfiado that we had insisted	that we had insisted
vosotros	hubierais porfiado that you all had insisted	that you all had insisted
ellos/ustedes	hubieran porfiado that they/you all had insisted	that they/you all had insisted

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	porfia	insist! (you)
usted	porfie	insist! (you formal)
nosotros	porfiemos	let's insist!
vosotros	porfiad	insist! (you all)
ustedes	porfien	insist! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no porfies	don't insist! (you)
usted	no porfie	don't insist! (you formal)
nosotros	no porfiemos	let's not insist!
vosotros	no porfiéis	don't insist! (you all)
ustedes	no porfien	don't insist! (you all)

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