por favor

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.fɐ.ˈvoɾ/

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• Hyphenation: por‧fa‧vor

Adverb

por favor (not comparable)

1. As a polite request; please
2. As an affirmative to an offer; please
3. As an expression of annoyance or impatience; please
4. As a request; please

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.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• po favó (eye dialect)
• porfa (contraction)

Pronunciation

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

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Interjection

por favor

1. please

   Quisiera una mesa por favor. ― I would like a table, please.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) porfa, (colloquial) por faplís

2. (dialectal) you're welcome

See also

• gracias (“thank you”)
• favor de

Further reading

• “favor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014