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English
Preposition
due to
caused by; resulting from.
Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading.
1908 , “Fatal fall of Wright airship ”, in 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
Belarusian: з-за ( z-za ) , праз ( praz ) , дзя́куючы ( dzjákujučy ) ( thanks to )
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: благодарение на ( blagodarenie na )
Catalan: degut a (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 由於 / 由于 (zh) ( yóuyú ) , 由于 (zh) ( yóuyú ) , 因為 / 因为 (zh) , 因为 (zh) ( yīnwèi, yīnwéi )
Czech: kvůli (cs) , způsoben (cs)
Danish: på grund af
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: door (nl) , veroorzaakt door , als gevolg van
Esperanto: pro (eo)
Finnish: takia (fi) , johdosta (fi) , johtuen (fi)
French: à cause de (fr)
Galician: por causa de , por mor de
German: aufgrund (de) , wegen (de)
Greek: εξαιτίας (el) ( exaitías ) , λόγω (el) ( lógo )
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Hindi: के कारण ( ke kāraṇ ) , के वजह से ( ke vajah se )
Italian: a causa di
Japanese: ...のせいで ( ... no sei de ) , ...のために (ja) ( ... no tame ni )
Khmer: ដោយសារតែការ ( daoy saara’ tae kaa ) , បង្កឡើងដោយ ( bɑŋkɑɑ laəŋ daoy )
Latin: propter + accusative , ob (la) + accusative
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: på grunn av (no)
Nynorsk: på grunn av
Polish: z powodu (pl) + genitive
Portuguese: devido a (pt) , devido (pt)
Romanian: datorită
Russian: и́з-за (ru) ( íz-za ) ( because of ) , благодаря́ (ru) ( blagodarjá ) ( thanks to )
Spanish: debido a , a raíz de
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: వల్ల (te) ( valla )
Turkish: ( -den ) ötürü (tr)
Ukrainian: з-за ( z-za ) , і́з-за ( íz-za ) , че́рез ( čérez ) , завдяки́ ( zavdjaký ) ( thanks to )
Venetian: par (vec)
Vietnamese: do (vi) , vì (vi) , nhờ (vi) , tại (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Usage notes
Although usage of "due to" as an adverbial preposition is now common, some speakers will object and recommend "because of," "on account of," "as a result of" or owing to instead, reserving due for use as an adjective only. Reliable sources (such as Oxford, M-W, etc.) acknowledge this debate, then conclude that more recently this usage of "due to" is widely, although perhaps not entirely, acceptable. The adverbial use of "due to" is less common in formal written English.
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