por que

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish por qué (“why”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poɾˈke/, [poɾˈke] === Adverb === por que why; for what reason == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === porque, porquê (Portugal, see qualifiers) por quê (at the end of clauses) pq (text messaging) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porque, from Vulgar Latin [Term?]. By surface analysis, por (“for”) +‎ que (“that”). Doublet of porque. Cognate with Spanish por qué, French pourquoi, Italian perché. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: por quê Homophones: por quê, porque, porquê === Adverb === por que (not comparable) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) (interrogative) why, what for, for what reason (introduces a question) Synonyms: por que é que, por que que Por que o céu é azul? ― Why is the sky blue? Por que este e não outro? ― Why this one and not another? Por que você não chama ela pra sair? ― Why don’t you ask her out? (relative) why (for which cause, reason, or purpose; introduces a subordinate clause) Não sei por que você se foi. ― I don’t know why you left. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por,‎ que, and usage notes ==== Usage notes ==== Although this construction is officially considered unstressed when not clause-final (in which case it is accented, por quê), it is often pronounced with stress regardless of its position in the clause. This construction is not to be confused with literal ones using the words por (“by, through”) and que (“what, which”): Por que razão tudo mudou assim? ― For what reason did everything change? Por que caminho andar? ― By which path to walk? === Further reading === “por que”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “por que”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ ke/ [ˈpoɾ ke] Rhymes: -oɾke Syllabification: por que IPA(key): /poɾ ˈke/ [poɾ ˈke] (misspelling) Syllabification: por que IPA(key): /ˈpoɾke/ [ˈpoɾ.ke] (misspelling) Syllabification: por‧que IPA(key): /poɾˈke/ [poɾˈke] (misspelling) Syllabification: por‧qué === Phrase === por que Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por,‎ que. === Adverb === por que misspelling of por qué === Conjunction === por que misspelling of porque === Noun === por que m (plural por ques) misspelling of porqué === Further reading === “porque”, 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