perché

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See also: perche, Perche, perchè, pèrche, and perche'

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

perché (feminine perchée, masculine plural perchés, feminine plural perchées)

  1. past participle of percher

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of per (“for”) +‎ che (“which”), probably inherited from Vulgar Latin. Compare Neapolitan pecché, Sicilian pirchì, and further Romance parallels such as Sardinian pro chite, French pourquoi, Spanish porque/por qué, Portuguese porque/por que.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /perˈke/*
    • Rhymes: -e
    • Hyphenation: per‧ché
  • (Lombardy, parts of Emilia-Romagna) IPA(key): /perˈkɛ/*
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Conjunction

perché

  1. because, why
    L'ho fatto perché volevo. ― I did it because I wanted to.
  2. (+ subj.) so, so that, in order that
    L'ho fatto perché potesse essere libero. ― I did it so that he could be free.

Adverb

perché

  1. why
    Synonym: come mai
    Perché il cielo è azzurro? ― Why is the sky blue?

Derived terms

Noun

perché m (uncountable)

  1. the whys, the reason (why)
    Vorrei proprio sapere il perché. ― I would really like to know the reason.
    Non so perché, ma non mi sento bene. ― I don't know why, but I don't feel well.

Spanish

Verb

perché

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of perchar
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