Por Favor - Wiktionary

Galician

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Adverb

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por favor

1. please

Interjection

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por favor

1. please

Ladino

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Interjection

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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

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Pronunciation

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• (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

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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

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por favor

1. please (interjection to make commands more polite) Synonyms: faz favor, se faz favor, por gentileza, por obséquio

Usage notes

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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

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1. ^ “Se faz favor ou por favor?”, in Ciberdúvidas da língua portuguesa‎[1] (in Portuguese), 28 May 2016 (last accessed)

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Audio (Colombia):

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• Syllabification: por fa‧vor

Interjection

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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

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• gracias (“thank you”)
• favor de

Further reading

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• “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