Wiktionary

зашто

See also: защо

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

зашто • (zašto)

  1. because
    Synonyms: затоа што (zatoa što), бидејќи (bidejḱi), оти (oti)

Usage notes edit

  • This word is often incorrectly used in the sense of "why", whereas the similar word "зошто" is reserved for that meaning.

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Literally “for what”, from за (“for”) + што̏ (“what”). For the conjunction compare зато што.

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  • Hyphenation: за‧што

Adverb edit

за̏што (Latin spelling zȁšto)

  1. why, what for
    зашто не? ― why not?
    зашто то? ― why so? why is that?

Synonyms edit

Conjunction edit

за̏што (Latin spelling zȁšto)

  1. (archaic) because
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