por favor

Galician

Adverb

por favor

1. please

Interjection

por favor

1. please

Ladino

Interjection

por favor (Hebrew spelling פור פ׳אב׳ור)

1. please; kindly (I beseech you)

   Synonyms: bevakashá, por plazer, si te plaze

   • 1996, Sara Benveniste Benrey, edited by Yossi Benbenisty, Espertando el djudeo espanyol: poemas realidas i philosophia, kantes, sketches, piesas de teatro‎^[2], Yossi Benbenisty, page 190:

     Kayades por favor.

     Be quiet, please.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pfv, pfvr, pf (Internet slang, text messaging)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ faˈvoʁ/ [puh faˈvoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ faˈvoʁ/ [puh faˈvoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /puɾ faˈvoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puʁ faˈvoʁ/ [puχ faˈvoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /puɻ faˈvoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ fɐˈvoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ fɐˈvoɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ fɐˈboɾ/ [puɾ fɐˈβoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ fɐˈvo.ɾi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: por‧fa‧vor

Adverb

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

por favor

1. please (interjection to make commands more polite)

   Synonyms: faz favor, se faz favor, por gentileza, por obséquio

Usage notes

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.

Further reading

• “por favor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• po favó (eye dialect)
• porfa, porfi, porfis (clipping)
• xfa, xfvr, pf, xf, pfvr (Internet slang, text messaging)

Etymology

From por + favor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾ faˈboɾ/ [poɾ faˈβ̞oɾ]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Colombia):

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• Syllabification: por fa‧vor

Interjection

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

• gracias (“thank you”)
• favor de

Further reading

• “por favor”, 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