What is 'porquê' called in English?

'porquê' in English is called "Why". Why refers to: Usado para perguntar a razão ou o propósito de algo.

How do you pronounce 'Why' and 'porquê'?

Listen to clear English audio pronunciation of 'Why' and native Portuguese audio speech for 'porquê' with bilingual sentence examples on DictBridge.

English: "Why did you come late today?" | Portuguese: "Porquê você chegou atrasado hoje?"

adverb · conjunction · interjection

English to Portuguese Dictionary

adverbporquê

conjunctionporquê

interjectionOra!

porquê in English:why

IPA:poɾˈke

Phonetic:por-quê

Plural: porquês

Gender:Masculino

Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de why em português é porquê, Ora!. (Usado para perguntar a razão ou o propósito de algo.)

1
adverb
porquê
Used to ask for the reason or purpose of something.
Usado para perguntar a razão ou o propósito de algo.
2
conjunction
porquê
Used to introduce a clause of reason.
Usado para introduzir uma oração de razão.
3
interjection
Ora!
Expressing mild surprise, indignation, or protest.
Expressando surpresa leve, indignação ou protesto.

casual

“Why did you come late today?”

Porquê você chegou atrasado hoje?

casual

“I don't understand why she is upset.”

Eu não entendo porquê ela está chateada.

casual

“Why, that's a wonderful surprise!”

Ora, que surpresa maravilhosa!

In Portuguese:

porquêporquêOra!

In English:

for what reasonhow come

nounwherefore

pluralwhys

Why not?expression

Used to suggest or agree to something, or to ask for a reason not to do something.

That's whyexpression

Used to explain the reason for something previously stated or implied.

The whys and whereforesidiom

The full set of reasons or explanations for something.