por favor
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
por favor (not comparable)
- As a polite request; please
- As an affirmative to an offer; please
- As an expression of annoyance or impatience; please
- As a request; please
Interjection[edit]
- please (interjection to make commands more polite)
- Synonyms: faz favor, se faz favor, por gentileza, por obséquio
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
- please
- Quisiera una mesa por favor. ― I would like a table, please.
- Synonyms: (colloquial) porfa, (colloquial) por faplís
- (dialectal) you're welcome
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “favor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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