perfil

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from perfilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈfil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾˈfil]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

perfil m (plural perfils)

1. profile

Further reading

• “perfil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “perfil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “perfil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perfil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

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Noun

perfil m (plural perfís)
perfil m (plural perfis, reintegrationist norm)

1. profile

Further reading

• “perfil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “perfil”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish perfil (“profile”), from Provençal perfil.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈfiw/ [pehˈfiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈfiw/ [pehˈfiʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈfiw/ [peɾˈfiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈfiw/ [peχˈfiʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈfiw/ [peɻˈfiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈfil/ [pɨɾˈfiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈfil/ [pɨɾˈfiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈfi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: per‧fil

Noun

perfil m (plural perfis)

1. profile (the shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side)
2. (law enforcement) profile (summary or collection of information, especially about a person)
3. (Internet) profile (specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems)

   Synonym: página

Derived terms

• de perfil

Related terms

• perfilação
• perfilado
• perfilagem
• perfilamento
• perfilar

Further reading

• “perfil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “perfil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “perfil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal and Old Occitan perfil, from the verb perfilar, from Italian profilare (“to edge, outline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈfil/ [peɾˈfil]

• Audio (Argentina):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: per‧fil

Noun

perfil m (plural perfiles)

1. profile
2. side view; side-on view
3. (Internet) profile; profile page
4. (employment) profile
5. (metallurgy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Hyponyms

• perfil falso (“catfish”)

Derived terms

• de perfil
• perfil bajo
• perfilería

Further reading

• “perfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025