porque

porque

1. because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)

porque

1. because

• porq̃ (obsolete, abbreviation)
• pq (Internet slang)
• perque (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese porque, corresponding to por (“for”) +‎ que (“that”).

Cognate with Galician porque, Spanish porque, Catalan perquè, French parce que and Italian perché.

• (Brazil, Northeast and Brasília) IPA^(key): /poʁ.ˈke/, /puʁ.ˈke/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /puɻ.ˈke/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɹ.ˈke/, IPA^(key): /poɾ.ˈke/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.kɨ/
• Hyphenation: por‧que

porque

1. because; for (introduces an explanation to the claim in the previous clause)

   Aproveita tua vida porque ela é curta!

   Enjoy your life because it is short!

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:porque.

• pois
• que

porque (not comparable)

1. (Portugal) Alternative form of por que

   Porque é o céu azul?

   Why is the sky blue?

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:porque.

• porquê
• por que
• por quê

• pois

From por (“for; due to”) +‎ que (“what”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈporke/

porque

1. because

• The subordinate clause that porque introduces is most often in the indicative.
• When porque is negated — when one thing is said not to be because of another — its subordinate clause is in the subjunctive.

• porqué

• “porque” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.