ya que

See also: yá que

Spanish

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese já que.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝa ke/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa ke]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝa ke/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa ke]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃa ke/ [ˈʃa ke]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒa ke/ [ˈʒa ke]

• Syllabification: ya que

Conjunction

ya que

1. as, due to
2. inasmuch as, since, because, given that, in that, now that
   • 2015 October 3, “Peña Nieto y el populismo”, in El País:

     Y sin embargo, en Nueva York, el presidente les dice que están desinformados, ya que el verdadero peligro que enfrenta México es el populismo.

     However, in New York, the president told them that they are misinformed, since the true danger that confronts Mexico is populism.

Derived terms

• ya que estamos

 

Further reading

• “ya que”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014