por favor
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: por‧fa‧vor
Adverb
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- 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
- please (interjection to make commands more polite)
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.[1]
Synonyms
- (please): faz favor, se faz favor, por gentileza, por obséquio
References
Spanish
Alternative forms
- po favó (eye dialect)
Pronunciation
Interjection
- please
- Quisiera una mesa por favor. ― I would like a table, please.
- (dialectal) you're welcome
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “favor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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