por

See also: Appendix:Variations of "por"

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Translingual

Symbol

por

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Portuguese.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Portuguese terms

Abinomn

Pronoun

por

1. you (dual)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• po [pɔː]

Etymology

From po. Alternatively from Latin porrō (“then, moreover; but”), the loss of the final -r a result of the permanent unstressed position of the conjunction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔɹ]

Conjunction

por

1. but; however

   Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, ama

Asturian

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

From Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō.

Preposition

por

1. for, because of
2. by (someone)

Derived terms

• pol
• pola
• poles
• polo
• polos
• por supuestu

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English four.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/

Numeral

por (Bengali script পোর)

1. four

Synonyms

• byryi
• cha / char

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Blagar

Noun

por

1. earth, world
2. land
3. island

References

• Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Wycliffe Bible Translators, Pura Alkitab
• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 163

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan paor, from Latin pavōrem. First attested in the 12th century. Compare Occitan paur, French peur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɔ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔr]

Noun

por f (plural pors)

1. fear

   tenir por ― to be afraid

Derived terms

• poruc

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔr]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpor]

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of porus (“pore”)

References

• “por” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “por” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “por” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

por f (singulative poren)

1. leeks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔr

Verb

por

1. inflection of porren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr. Doublet of per and pro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [por]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: por

Preposition

por

1. for, for the benefit of

   La edzo donis al sia edzino perlan kolĉenon por Kristnasko. ― The husband gave his wife a pearl necklace for Christmas.

See also

• per
• pro

Fala

Alternative forms

• pur (Lagarteiru)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *per-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: por

Preposition

por

1. by
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]

     In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]

Usage notes

• The usage of por in Lagarteiru is generally limited to some fixed expressions, the more common form is pur.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• per (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. See also porto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/ [ˈpoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Homophone: pór

Preposition

por

1. indicates motion

   pola rúa

   down the street

   pola porta

   through the door

2. for (over a period of time)

   por dez anos

   for ten years

3. about, around (near, in the vicinity of)

   polas seis

   at about six

   por aquí

   over here

4. for (to obtain)

   Fun á tenda por xabón.

   I went to the store for soap.

5. for (in exchange for)
6. for (on behalf of)
7. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

   oito por sete

   eights times seven; eights by seven

8. by (indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice)
9. by, by means of
10. per

Related terms

• polo
• por favor
• por tanto

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a Proto-Uralic *porɜ (“dust, sand”), but the absence of the expected sound change *p > *f is hard to explain. Compare with Finnish poro (“burning ash, coarse dust, debris”) and Northern Mansi порс (pors, “garbage, waste, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor]
• Hyphenation: por
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

por (countable and uncountable, plural porok)

1. dust
2. powder
3. (with a possessive suffix) ashes (human or animal remains after cremation)

   Synonym: hamvak

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	por	porok
accusative	port	porokat
dative	pornak	poroknak
instrumental	porral	porokkal
causal-final	porért	porokért
translative	porrá	porokká
terminative	porig	porokig
essive-formal	porként	porokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	porban	porokban
superessive	poron	porokon
adessive	pornál	poroknál
illative	porba	porokba
sublative	porra	porokra
allative	porhoz	porokhoz
elative	porból	porokból
delative	porról	porokról
ablative	portól	poroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	poré	poroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	poréi	porokéi

Possessive forms of por
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	porom	poraim
2nd person sing.	porod	poraid
3rd person sing.	pora	porai
1st person plural	porunk	poraink
2nd person plural	porotok	poraitok
3rd person plural	poruk	poraik

Derived terms

• porít
• porlaszt
• porol
• poros
• poroz
• porszerű
• portalan

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• porbafingó
• porcica
• porcukor
• porfedte
• porfészek
• porhó
• porréteg
• porseprő
• porszag
• porszívó
• porszűrő
• portok
• portörlés
• porzacskó
• porzsák

Compound words with this term at the end

• csiszolópor
• fémpor
• fűrészpor
• hintőpor
• kőpor
• lőpor
• mosópor
• puskapor
• rizspor
• sütőpor
• tejpor

Expressions

• elveri a port
• nagy port ver fel
• port hint a szemébe
• rúgja a port

Further reading

• por in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto por.

Preposition

por

1. for

Interlingua

Etymology

From various Romance derivatives of Late Latin pōr from Latin prō.

Preposition

por

2. Alternative form of pro

Ladino

Alternative forms

• pur (Sarajevo)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō. Cognate with Spanish por.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

Preposition

por (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פור)

2. for (on behalf of)
   • 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria‎^[2], De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 364:

     Dezde el 1910 sinyor Rozanes fue el korespondiente por el Oriente de la grande ensiklopedya djudia Otser Yisrael⁶³⁴ de Nyu York.

     Since 1910 Mister Rozanes was the Eastern corespondent for New York's great Jewish encyclopedia Otser Yisrael.

4. for; to (with regard to)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Christoph Herzog, Richard Wittmann, editors, Istanbul – Kushta – Constantinople: Narratives of Identity in the Ottoman Capital, 1830-1930‎^[3], Taylor & Francis, published 2018, →ISBN, page 96:

     Yo ǧuzava, de otra parte, muy perikolozo por el repozo i la seguridad de·los ǧudyós de Turkía de propagar entre estos últimos este movimyento polítiko.

     I was judging it, in another way, very dangerous for the Turkish Jews' peace and security in propagating, among these last things, this political movement.

   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[4], Editions Vidas Largas, page 57:

     Eya fue atraida por esta sivda importante de punto de vista djidyo, muy komertchante, i penso fazer profitar la komunita de su djenerozita.

     She was attracted to this city from a Jewish point of view, very businesslike, and she thought to take advantage of the community's generosity.

   • 2020 May 13, Nesi ALTARAS, “Syego de Las Klasas”, in Şalom:

     De verdad, la pandemia es mas kolay fizikamente por los patrones i personas ke lavoran en buros.

     Really, the pandemic is easier physically for bosses and people who work in offices.

6. for (over a period of time)
   • 2008, Klara PERAHYA, “La Prensa i la kriza en el Oriente Medyo”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[5]:

     La gerra Israel-Lebano, prevista al empesijo por unos kuantos dias, ainda kontinua.

     The Israel-Lebanon war, at first predicted to only last for a few days, still continues.

8. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
   • 2000, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[6], numbers 62–64, page 95:

     I arankarvos ojo por ojo, diente por diente.

     And settling yourselves eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

10. by means of; through; by; via (through the action or presence of)
    • 1979, Isaac ben Michael Badhav, Ana María Riaño López, Un tratado sefardí de moral‎^[7], Ameller, →ISBN, page 94:

      El Dyo mos dyo este día i lo apartó por desbarazar muestro meoyo de todo modo de intereso de presonas, i aplikar sus eĉas i konoser sus grandes maraƀías kuryozas, i akodrarmos ke en sex días kreó el Dyo este mundo i lo renoƀó de la nada.

      God gave us this day and put it aside by clearing our mind of every person's way of interest, and doing His work and learning His great and wonderful miracles, and we shall remember that He created this world in six days and restored it ex nihilo.

    • 2006, Los Muestros‎^[8], numbers 65–73, R. Capuia, page 7:

      Para mi, una transmision de una estoria ke dezgrasiadamente no m'ambezi por falta de interlokutores, i sovre todo por kulpa miya.

      For me, I am unfortunately not learning a story's transmission because of the interlocutors' mistake, and above all through my fault.

    • 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎^[9], Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 73:

      Ayí por la ignoransia
      La arrogansia, la intoleransia
      La mezuzá kayía
      Yorando entre despididas...

      There through ignorance
      Arrogance, intolerance
      The mezuzah was silencing
      Crying between farewells...

12. by (under the authorship or agency of)

    Synonym: por mano de

    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎^[10]:

      Abel hue matado por Kaín.

      Abel was slain by Cain.

13. because of; for; due to; for the sake of

    Synonym: por modo de

    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך‎^[11], page 221:

      Muestros platos, ke provienen de Espanya, de Turkía, de Gresia i de munchos otros lugares, por sus variedad i sus buena savor, pueden trankilamente entrar en los livros de rechetas de todo el mundo.

      Our dishes, which originate from Spain, Türkiye, Greece and many other places, can easily enter everybody's cookbooks because of their variety and good flavour.

15. (arithmetic) by (indicates a mathematical division)
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎^[12], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 235:

      […] i kontavan la moneda ke re[ko]jia kada mes, i korava 20 por 100 por su lazerya.

      and they were counting the money that was accumulating monthly, and they collected 20 by 100 for their work.

17. through (entering and then leaving; by the medium of)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎^[13]:

      pasar por la puerta

      go through the door

18. across (from one side to the other of)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎^[14]:

      pasar por la kaye

      go across the street

20. per; a; each (expresses the ratio of units)
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎^[15], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 231:

      I anke se les pagava una taksa por oka dela masá a los orneros, ma era kon fogera, ke kada uno keria tener la masá en kaza un dia antes.

      Although a fee was paid up per ounce of matzah to the bakers, everyone remained urgently wanting to have matzah at home a day earlier.

22. for; in favour of (supporting)
    • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[16], volumes 26–28, page 35:

      I su marido aze tefila por eya de kontino ke oyga el Sefer Tora ke en pokos diyas la sake de entre los bivos i tienen kada ora 'pleto i ketata' i kavza ke se destruye la kaza i los kelim.

      And her husband prayed constantly for her to hear the Seder Torah; that in a few days she take take it from amongst the living, and that they "fight and brawl" hourly, and that it cause the house and the tools to be destroyed.

Latin

Etymology

From Classical Latin prō, probably reshaped by analogy with the preposition per. Attested in an imperial inscription from what is now Budapest and another from Tunis. Replaced in much of Romance with descendants of per.

Preposition

pōr (+ ablative, accusative) (Late Latin)

1. Alternative form of prō (“for”)

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: por, pô
  • Old French: por, pur
    • Middle French: pour
      • French: pour
    • Norman: pouor, pour (Guernsey)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Occitan: por ("beyond, more" in the context of price)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: por
• Old Galician-Portuguese: por
  • Fala: por
  • Galician: por
  • Portuguese: por
  • Spanish: por
    • → Gascon: por
• Esperanto: por

Lolopo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰo²¹]

Suffix

por

1. (Yao'an, of humans) male

See also

• bol
• mo

Norman

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. (Jersey) pig

   Synonyms: bête à saie, couochon, gronneux, moussieu, quétot

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːɾ/

Noun

por m or f

1. hair

   pora dirêj û delal.

   long and lovely hair.

Declension

Declension of por

Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	por	por	por
Construct	pora	porê	porên
Oblique	porê	porî	poran
Demonstrative oblique	wê porê	wî porî	wan poran
Vocative	porê	poro	porino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	porek	porek	porin
Construct	poreke	porekî	porine
Oblique	porekê	porekî	porinan

Old French

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

From Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾ/

Preposition

por

1. for (in order to)
2. for (belonging to)

Descendants

• Middle French: pour
  • French: pour
• Norman: pouor, pour (Guernsey)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin porrō.

Adverb

por

1. forwards
   • 12th century, anonymous, Girart de Rossilhó 2631:

     On sab son enamic, sobre lhui cor / e si le vat ferit de tau vigor / que del caval lo porta a terra por.

     At the place where he recognizes his enemy, he runs to him, / and goes to strike him with such vigour / that he makes him fall forward from his horse onto the ground.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese poder and Spanish poder.

Verb

por

1. can, to be able to
2. may

Polish

por sense 1

por sense 2

por sense 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: por
• Homophone: Por

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian porro.

Noun

por m inan or m animal

2. leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum)
4. leek (edible part of the vegetable)

Declension

Declension of por

	singular	plural
nominative	por	pory
genitive	pora	porów
dative	porowi	porom
accusative	por/pora	pory
instrumental	porem	porami
locative	porze	porach
vocative	porze	pory

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin porus.

Noun

por m inan

1. (dermatology) pore, sweat hole (tiny opening in the skin)
3. (mycology) hymenophore outlet
4. pore (microscopic hole found in some solids)

Declension

Declension of por

	singular	plural
nominative	por	pory
genitive	pora/poru	porów
dative	porowi	porom
accusative	por	pory
instrumental	porem	porami
locative	porze	porach
vocative	porze	pory

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

por f

1. genitive plural of pora

Further reading

• por in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• por in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• por in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift under the influence of per). Usurped the roles of Latin per.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ/ [puh], /poʁ/ [poh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ/ [puh], /poʁ/ [poh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /puɾ/, /poɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puʁ/ [puχ], /poʁ/ [poχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /puɻ/, /poɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ/

• Homophone: pôr (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: por

Preposition

por

2. for (on behalf of)

   Faça isso por mim.

   Do that for me.

4. for (in order to obtain)

   Espero por uma resposta.

   I wait for an answer.

   Eu farei de tudo por uma cópia deste livro.

   I will do anything for a copy of this book.

6. for (over a period of time)

   Esperei por uma semana.

   I waited for one week.

8. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

   Ela deu sua bicicleta pela minha.

   She gave her bicycle for mine.

10. by (through the action or presence of)

    A manutenção é feita por engenheiros.

    The maintenance is carried out by engineers.

12. by (indicates the creator of a work)

    Os livros por Tolkien são ótimos.

    Books by Tolkien are great.

14. by (using the rules or logic of)

    Pela lei, deveríamos estar presos.

    By law, we should be in jail.

15. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

    oito por sete ― eights times seven; eights by seven

17. by; in the name of (indicates an oath)

    Venceremos essa batalha, pelo rei!

    We shall win this battle, by the king!

19. per; a; each (expresses the ratio of units)

    Tome uma pílula por dia.

    Take one pill per day.

21. (arithmetic) by (indicates a mathematical division)

    Vinte por quatro é cinco.

    Twenty by four is five.

23. through (entering and then leaving; being the medium of)

    Ainda passaríamos por muitos túneis antes de chegarmos.

    We would still pass through many tunnels before we arrived.

    Passar por uma situação difícil.

    Go through a difficult situation.

25. around; about; near (in the vicinity of)

    O tesouro foi encontrado por Dudinka.

    The treasure was found around Dudinka.

    Gostamos de passear por aí.

    We like to stroll around.

27. around; about; approximately (close in quantity, amount or value to)

    O preço de um prato nos mercados daqui é por vinte euros.

    The price of a plate in the local markets is around twenty euros.

    Partiremos pelas dez.

    We will leave around ten.

29. throughout (in various parts of)

    Esse tipo de ruína é encontrado pela Escócia.

    This type of ruin is found throughout Scotland.

31. for; in favour of (supporting)

    Somos pela melhora da educação.

    We are for the improvement of education.

33. (in the formula “X por Y”, where X is a clause and Y the infinitive of the verb in the clause, or of a synonym) for its own sake; without a motive

    Eu falei aquilo só por falar.

    I said that just to say something.

35. (with an infinitive) about to

    A chuva está por parar.

    The rain is about to stop.

Usage notes

Por mandatorily contracts with definite articles in almost all circumstances:

• por + o → pelo
• por + os → pelos
• por + a → pela
• por + as → pelas

Contractions with indefinite articles and personal pronouns are uncommon and very colloquial:

• por + um → prum
• por + uns → pruns
• por + uma → pruma
• por + umas → prumas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:por.

Synonyms

• (over a period of time): durante
• (indicates an exchange): em troca de, a troco de (especially in figurative usage)
• (using the rules or logic of): de acordo com, segundo
• (in the name of): em nome de
• (each): cada
• (through): através de, pelo meio de
• (in the vicinity of): perto de, ao redor de
• (approximately): perto de, ao redor de, mais ou menos, aproximadamente, cerca de
• (throughout): em ... inteiro
• (in favour of): a favor de

Derived terms

• por mais que
• por que
• porquê
• porque

Etymology 2

Verb

por

1. Obsolete spelling of pôr., now a common misspelling

Romani

Noun

por m (plural por{{{4}}})

1. feather

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pore, Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. pore

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	por	porul		pori	porii
genitive-dative	por	porului		pori	porilor
vocative	porule			porilor

Related terms

• poros

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin porrus or porrum.

Alternative forms

• pur

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. (popular) leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)
2. (popular) sand leek (Allium scorodoprasum)
3. (popular) shallot (Allium ascalonicum)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	por	porul		pori	porii
genitive-dative	por	porului		pori	porilor
vocative	porule			porilor

Synonyms

• (leek): praz

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /póːr/, /pɔ́r/

Noun

pọ̑r or pȍr m inan

1. leek

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pór
gen. sing.	póra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pór	póra	póri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	póra	pórov	pórov
dative (dajȃlnik)	póru	póroma	pórom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pór	póra	póre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	póru	pórih	pórih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pórom	póroma	póri

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pòr
gen. sing.	pôra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pòr	pôra	pôri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pôra	pôrov	pôrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pôru	pôroma	pôrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pòr	pôra	pôre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pôru	pôrih	pôrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pôrom	pôroma	pôri

Further reading

• “por”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō. Doublet of pro, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾ/ [poɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: por

Preposition

por

2. by (indicates the creator of a work)

   La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez.

   The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez.

4. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

   Lo compré por cincuenta euros.

   I bought this for fifty euros.

5. through, out, via (indicating movement)

   La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana.

   The woman watches the sunset through the window.

   Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto.

   I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her.

6. across (indicating movement)

   El hombre camina por la calle.

   The man walks across the street.

7. about
8. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)

   Él no pudo venir por eso.

   He couldn't come due to that.

   Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros.

   Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws.

9. (used with directions) over

   por allí ― over there

10. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

    ocho por siete ― eights times seven; eights by seven

11. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)

    Por mí, está bien. ― For all I care, it's fine.

    ¡Bien por ti! ― Good for you!

12. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)

    Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico.

    Please, return this document completed via email.

13. for (indicating duration)

    Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera.

    My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour.

14. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)

    No lo hago por ti. ― I'm not doing it for your sake.

    Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana.

    She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow.

15. per, for each

    Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. ― It costs ten dollars per item.

16. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)

    Eso está por ver.

    That remains to be seen.

    La hora aún está por confirmar.

    The time is yet to be confirmed.

17. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)

    Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento.

    Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now.

18. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
    • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎^[17]:

      seis errores en los dos primeros parciales. Seis. 14 al final, por los 52 del rival.

      six errors in the first two sets. Six. 14 at the end, compared to his rival's 52.

Derived terms

• a juzgar por
• al por menor
• algo por ahí
• ce por be
• como por la palma de la mano
• cortar por lo sano
• dar por hecho
• de no ser por (“if it weren't for, if it hadn't been for”)
• de por ahí
• de por medio
• de por sí
• de por vida
• frente por frente
• ir por la vida
• irse por la tangente
• ojo por ojo, diente por diente
• palabra por palabra
• paso por paso
• por accidente
• por adelantado
• por ahí
• por ahora
• por algo
• por allí
• por alto
• por amor de
• por amor de Dios
• por anticipado
• por antonomasia
• por añadidura
• por aquel entonces
• por arte de magia
• por bajo de
• por bien
• por buenas
• por caridad
• por casualidad
• por causa de
• por ciento
• por cientos
• por cierto
• por completo
• por compromiso
• por conducto de
• por consecuencia
• por consiguiente
• por cuanto
• por cuatro reales
• por cuenta ajena
• por cuenta de la casa
• por cuenta propia
• por cumplir
• por de contado
• por de pronto
• por demás
• por dentro
• por derecho
• por descontado
• por desgracia
• por detrás
• por Dios
• por Dios bendito
• por dónde
• por ejemplo
• por el aire
• por el amor de Dios
• por el chiquito
• por el contrario
• por el momento
• por el morro
• por el suelo
• por en medio
• por encargo
• por encima de la ley
• por ende
• por ensalmo
• por escrito
• por ese entonces
• por eso
• por estas
• por etapas
• por excelencia
• por exceso
• por extensión
• por favor
• por fin
• por fortuna
• por goleada
• por gusto
• por h o por b
• por hora
• por horas
• por hoy
• por igual
• por instantes
• por instinto
• por intermedio de
• por la buena
• por la cara
• por la chita
• por la chucha
• por la chupalla
• por la cuenta
• por la espalda
• por la goma
• por la gracia de Dios
• por la mala
• por la mayor parte
• por la posta
• por la presente
• por la puerta grande
• por la tremenda
• por largo
• por las buenas o por las malas
• por las dudas
• por las espaldas
• por las malas
• por las nubes
• por libre
• por lo bajines
• por lo bajini
• por lo bajo
• por lo claro
• por lo común
• por lo demás
• por lo general
• por lo menos
• por lo poco que sé
• por lo poco que uno sabe
• por lo pronto
• por lo que
• por lo que parece (“by the look of it”)
• por lo regular
• por lo tanto
• por lo visto
• por los aires
• por los años de
• por los cuatro costados
• por los mismos pasos
• por los siglos de los siglos
• por los suelos
• por mal
• por malas
• por más que
• por más señas
• por medio
• por medio de
• por menos de nada
• por menudo
• por mí
• por mi parte
• por mi vida
• por momentos
• por mucho que
• por nada
• por nada del mundo
• por ningún lado (“nowhere to be found”)
• por no hablar de
• por obra de
• por obra y gracia de
• por otra parte
• por otro lado
• por parte de (“by, on the part of”)
• por partes
• por pies
• por poco
• por poder
• por primera vez (“for the first time”)
• por puertas
• por punto general
• por puntos
• por qué
• por real decreto
• por referencia
• por referencias
• por regla general
• por rey
• por semejante
• por separado
• por si
• por si acaso
• por si las moscas
• por sí mismo
• por sí solo
• por siempre
• por sistema
• por su cabeza
• por su cuenta
• por su mano
• por su orden
• por suerte
• por supuesto
• por tanto
• por tiempo
• por todas partes
• por todo
• por todo lo alto
• por todos lados (“everywhere, all over the place, on all sides, all around”)
• por todos los medios
• por todos los santos
• por última vez (“for the last time”)
• por último
• por un casual
• por un igual
• por un lado
• por un pelo
• por un tubo
• por una boca
• por una vez
• por unanimidad
• por ventura
• por vez
• por vía
• por vida de
• por vida mía
• porvenir
• salir por patas
• traído por los pelos
• una por una
• venta al por mayor

See also

• para

Further reading

• “por”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

por c

1. pore

Declension

Declension of por

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	por	pors
	definite	poren	porens
plural	indefinite	porer	porers
	definite	porerna	porernas

Further reading

• por in Svensk ordbok.
• por in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• rop

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/ [ˈpoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: por

Noun

por (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔)

1. per; each

   Synonyms: bawat, kada

Related terms

• dos-por-dos
• por Diyós, por santo
• siyento-por-siyento

Further reading

• “por”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “por”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr), and Hittite 𒉺𒀪𒄯 (paḫḫur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.

Noun

por

1. fire

Tok Pisin

Noun

por

1. monohull dugout canoe