How many words are there in the English language?
Find out moreHow do you count words? Ashley Wagner discusses the question as part of our video on the number of words in the English language.
Definición de porfía en Español:
porfía
nombre femenino
- 1
Lucha o disputa que se mantiene con insistencia y tenacidad.
salió limpiamente airoso de la porfía que mantuvo con su hermano
- 2
Insistencia obstinada en hacer o lograr una cosa.
resulta inútil su porfía en la defensa de decadentes principios morales
Further reading
'Compliment' or 'complement': what's the difference?
Read moreA lot of people get compliment and complement confused: they’re pronounced in the same way and have very similar spellings but they have completely different meanings.
Should you capitalize the word "Internet"?
Read moreThe question of whether the word internet should be capitalized is so passionately debated and rife with controversy that it has its own Wikipedia article.
