por favor
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Adverb ===
por favor
please
=== Interjection ===
por favor
please
== Ladino ==
=== Interjection ===
por favor (Hebrew spelling פור פ׳אב׳ור)
please; kindly (I beseech you)
Synonyms: bevakashá, por plazer, si te plaze
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: por‧fa‧vor
=== Adverb ===
por favor (not comparable)
please (as a polite request)
please (as an affirmative to an offer)
please (as an expression of annoyance or impatience)
please (as a request)
=== Interjection ===
por favor
please (interjection to make commands more polite)
Synonyms: faz favor, se faz favor, por gentileza, por obséquio
==== Usage notes ====
In Portugal, both por favor and se faz favor are commonly used. As an impersonal and fixed expression por favor can be perceived as slightly more neutral.
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“por favor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
po favó (eye dialect)
porfa, porfis (contraction)
xfa, xfvr, pf, xf, pfvr (Internet slang, text messaging)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /poɾ faˈboɾ/ [poɾ faˈβ̞oɾ]
Syllabification: por fa‧vor
=== Interjection ===
por favor
please
Synonyms: (colloquial) porfa, (colloquial) por faplís
(dialectal) you're welcome
=== See also ===
gracias (“thank you”)
favor de
=== Further reading ===
“por favor”, 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