due to

English

Preposition

due to

1. caused by; resulting from.

   Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading.

   • 1908, “Fatal fall of Wright airship”, The New York Times:

     The accident was due to the breaking of one of the blades of the propeller on the left side.

Translations

caused by

• Arabic: بفضل (ar) (bi-faḍl), بسبب (ar) (bi-sabab)
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: благодарение на (bg) (blagodarenie na)
• Catalan: degut a (ca)
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 由於 (cmn), 由于 (cmn) (yóuyú), 因為 (cmn), 因为 (cmn) (yīnwèi, yīnwéi)

• Czech: kvůli (cs), způsoben (cs)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: door (nl), veroorzaakt door (nl), als gevolg van (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: takia (fi), johdosta (fi), johtuen (fi)
• French: à cause de (fr)
• German: aufgrund (de)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: a causa di (it)
• Japanese: ...のせいで (ja) (... no sei de), ...のために (ja) (... no tame ni)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: z powodu (pl) + genitive
• Portuguese: devido a (pt), devido (pt)
• Romanian: datorită (ro)
• Russian: из-за (ru) (íz-za) (because of), благодаря (ru) (blagodarjá) (thanks to)
• Spanish: debido a (es)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: వల్ల (te) (valla)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Usage notes

• Though usage of "due to" as a preposition is common, some speakers will object and recommend owing to instead, reserving "due to" for use as an adjective only.

Anagrams

• outed