por favor

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Galician

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Adverb

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por favor

  1. please

Interjection

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por favor

  1. please

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: por‧fa‧vor

Adverb

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por favor (not comparable)

  1. please (as a polite request)
  2. please (as an affirmative to an offer)
  3. please (as an expression of annoyance or impatience)
  4. please (as a request)

Interjection

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por favor

  1. please (interjection to make commands more polite)
    Synonyms: faz favor, se faz favor, por gentileza, por obséquio

Usage notes

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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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ “Se faz favor ou por favor?”, in Ciberdúvidas da língua portuguesa[1] (in Portuguese), 2016 May 28 (last accessed)

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poɾ faˈboɾ/ [poɾ faˈβ̞oɾ]
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  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Syllabification: por fa‧vor

Interjection

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por favor

  1. please
    Synonyms: (colloquial) porfa, (colloquial) por faplís
    Quisiera una mesa por favor.
    I would like a table, please.
  2. (dialectal) you're welcome

See also

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Further reading

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