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Conjunction edit

Translations edit

because

Albanian: për
Arabic: لِأَنَّ (liʔanna)
Armenian: որովհետև (hy) (orovhetew)
Bulgarian: защото (bg) (zaštoto)
Catalan: per (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 因為／因为 (zh) (yīnwèi), 為著／为著 (zh) (wèizhe), 为着 (zh) (wèizhe)
Cornish: ^{(please verify)} awos, ^{(please verify)} drefenn; (all three used interchangeably, followed by either dhe + verbal noun or verbal noun alone) ^{(please verify)} rag, ^{(please verify)} a-ban, (also meaning "since", without above conditions) ^{(please verify)} pan
Czech: neboť (cs)
Danish: for (da), fordi (da), thi
Dutch: want (nl), omdat (nl)
Esperanto: ĉar (eo)
Faroese: tí
Finnish: sillä (fi)
French: parce que (fr), car (fr)
Galician: porque (gl)
German: da (de), weil (de), denn (de)
Greek: διότι (el) (dióti), επειδή (el) (epeidí), γιατί (el) (giatí)
Ancient: γάρ (gár), ἐπεί (epeí), διότι (dióti), ὅτι (hóti), ὡς (hōs), οὕνεκα (hoúneka)
Hebrew: כִּי (he) (ki)
Hindi: क्योंकि (kyõki)
Hungarian: mert (hu), mivel (hu), minthogy (hu), ugyanis (hu)
Ido: nam (io)
Interlingua: nam
Irish: óir, arae
Old Irish: air
Italian: perché (it), poiché (it)
Japanese: ...のため (ja) (...no tame)
Kannada: ಗೋಸ್ಕರ (gōskara)
Korean: ...때문에 (ko) (...ttaemun-e)
Latin: nam (la), quod (la), quĭă (la)
Latvian: jo (lv)
Lithuanian: nes
Malay: kerana (ms), sebab (ms), lantaran
Neapolitan: pecché
Northern Sami: go, dainnago, dasgo
Norwegian: for (no), fordi (no)
Pashto: ځکه
Persian: برای (fa) (barâye), برای اینکه (barâye inke)
Plautdietsch: wiels
Polish: dlatego że (pl), gdyż (pl), albowiem (pl)
Portuguese: porque (pt)
Romanian: pentru că, căci (ro)
Russian: потому́ что (ru) (potomú što), и́з-за того́, что (ru) (íz-za tovó, što), (archaic) ибо (ru) (ibo)
Sanskrit: हि (sa) (hi)
Scottish Gaelic: oir
Slovak: keďže
Slovene: saj, ker (sl)
Spanish: porque (es), pues (es), como (es)
Swahili: kwani, maana (sw)
Swedish: eftersom (sv), emedan (sv) (archaic), ty (sv)
Tagalog: dahil, kasi, palibhasa, sapagkat
Talysh: ^{(please verify)} را (râ) (Asalem dialect)
Telugu: కోసము (te) (kōsamu)
Thai: เพื่อ (th) (pʉ̂ʉa)
Turkish: için (tr)
Ukrainian: тому́ що (tomú ščo), че́рез те, що (čérez te, ščo)
Venetian: parché (vec)
Vietnamese: cho (vi)
Welsh: am (cy)
Zazaki:
Dimli: qande

Kirmanjki: semed

Preposition edit

Translations edit

towards

Ancient Greek: πρός (prós)
Arabic: لِـ (ar) (li-)
Egyptian Arabic: لـ (le-)
Bengali: দিকে (bn) (dike)
Catalan: per (ca), per a (ca)
Cornish: ^{(please verify)} troha, ^{(please verify)} war-tu ha , ^{(please verify)} dhe
Czech: k (cs)
Danish: til (da), mod (da)
Dutch: naar (nl)
Finnish: kohti (fi), (illative case) -n (fi)
French: pour (fr), vers (fr)
Friulian: par
German: zu (de), nach (de)
Greek: για (el) (gia)
Hebrew: לְ־ (he) (l'-), בכיוון (b'kivún)
Hindi: की तरफ़ (kī taraf)
Hungarian: felé (hu), -ra (hu)/-re (hu), -nak (hu)/-nek (hu)
Interlingua: por
Italian: per (it), verso (it)
Japanese: …行きの (ja) (... yuki no)
Khmer: ដើម្បី (km) (daəmbəy)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ad (la)
Maltese: għal, għal-, għall-
Norwegian: mot (no), for (no)
Occitan: per (oc)
Pashto: خواته
Polish: ku (pl), do (pl), na (pl)
Portuguese: a (pt), para (pt) (colloquial)
Romanian: pentru (ro)
Russian: к (ru) (k) (+ dative case), на (ru) (na) (+ accusative case)
Slovak: k (sk)
Spanish: a (es), hacia (es)
Swedish: mot (sv), åt (sv)
Thai: ไป ยัง, ไป สู่
Ukrainian: до (uk) (do), на (uk) (na)
Welsh: i, ar gyfer

directed at, intended to belong to

Arabic: لِـ (ar) (li-)
Egyptian Arabic: لـ (le-), عشان (ʕašān)
Armenian: համար (hy) (hamar)
Bashkir: өсөн (ösön)
Belarusian: для (dlja)
Bengali: জন্য (bn) (jônnô)
Bulgarian: за (bg) (za)
Catalan: per (ca), per a (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 為了／为了 (zh) (wèile), 給／给 (zh) (gěi), 為／为 (zh) (wèi)
Cornish: rag, dhe
Czech: pro (cs)
Danish: til (da), mod (da)
Dutch: voor (nl)
Esperanto: por (eo)
Finnish: (allative case) -lle (fi), varten (fi)
French: pour (fr)
Friulian: par
German: für (de)
Greek: για (el) (gia)
Ancient: πρός (prós) (+ accusative)
Hawaiian: no
Hebrew: לְ־ (he) (l'-), בִּשְׁבִיל (he) (bishvíl)
Hindi: ... के लिए (hi) (... ke lie)
Hungarian: -nak (hu)/-nek (hu) (dative), számára (hu), részére (hu)
Indonesian: untuk (id), bagi (id)
Interlingua: por
Irish: faoi choinne, do, le haghaidh
Istriot: par
Italian: per (it)
Japanese: ...のために (ja) (... no tame ni)
Khmer: សម្រាប់ (km) (sɑmrap)
Korean: 를/을 위 해서 (-reul/-eul wihaeseo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بۆ (bo)

Northern Kurdish: bo (ku)
Lao: ສຳລັບ (sam lap)
Latin: ad (la), ob (la), pro (la)
Macedonian: за (za)
Malay: untuk (ms)
Maltese: għal
Maori: mo
Marathi: साठी (mr) (sāṭhī)
Mòcheno: ver
Neapolitan: pe
Norwegian: til (no)
Occitan: per (oc)
Persian: برای (fa) (barâye)
Polish: dla (pl)
Portuguese: para (pt)
Punjabi: ਲਈ (laī)
Romanian: pentru (ro)
Russian: для (ru) (dlja) (+ genitive case), ра́ди (ru) (rádi) (+ genitive case)
Samoan: mo
Saterland Frisian: foar
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за

Roman: za
Slovak: pre
Slovene: za (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: za
Spanish: para (es)
Swahili: kwa
Swedish: för (sv), åt (sv)
Tahitian: ei, e
Tajik: барои (tg) (baroyi)
Thai: สำหรับ (th) (sǎm-ràp)
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: için (tr)
Ukrainian: для (uk) (dlja), зара́ди (zarády)
Urdu: ... کے لئے (... ke lie), کیلئے (keliye), برائے (barāe)
Venetian: par (vec)
Vietnamese: cho (vi)
Welsh: i, ar gyfer
West Frisian: foar

supporting

Arabic: لِـ (ar) (li-)
Catalan: per (ca)
Cornish: rag
Czech: pro (cs)
Danish: for (da)
Dutch: voor (nl)
Esperanto: por (eo)
Finnish: puolesta (fi)
French: pour (fr)
German: für (de)
Greek: υπέρ (el) (ypér)
Hebrew: בשביל (he) (bishvíl), בעד (he) (b'ád)
Hungarian: -ért (hu), mellette (hu)
Interlingua: por
Italian: pro (it)
Latin: pro (la), ob (la)
Mòcheno: ver
Norwegian: for (no)
Polish: za (pl)
Portuguese: a favor de
Romanian: pentru (ro)
Russian: за (ru) (za) (+ accusative case)
Saterland Frisian: foar
Slovak: pre, za (sk)
Slovene: za (sl)
Spanish: por (es)
Swedish: för (sv)
Thai: สนับสนุน (th) (sànàpsànŭn), ในความโปรดปราน (nai kwaam bpròhtbpraan)
Ukrainian: за (uk) (za)
Welsh: am (cy)
West Frisian: foar

because of

Arabic: لِأَجْل (liʔajl)
Egyptian Arabic: عشان (ʕašān), على شان (ʕalā šān)
Bengali: জন্য (bn) (jônnô)
Czech: pro (cs), za (cs)
Danish: for (da)
Dutch: wegens (nl)
Esperanto: pro (eo)
Finnish: takia (fi), (elative case) -sta (fi), vuoksi (fi), seurauksena
French: pour (fr)
German: wegen (de)
Greek: για (el) (gia), λόγω (el) (lógo)
Hebrew: בגלל (he) (biglál)
Hindi: क्योंकि (kyõki)
Hungarian: miatt (hu), -ért (hu)
Indonesian: untuk (id)
Interlingua: pro (ia)
Irish: ar son
Italian: per (it)
Japanese: で (ja)
Latin: pro (la), propter, ob (la), e (la), ex (la)
Lithuanian: dėl (lt)
Malay: untuk (ms)
Maltese: għal, minħabba
Northern Sami: dihte
Norwegian: for (no)
Polish: za (pl)
Portuguese: por causa de (pt), por (pt)
Russian: и́з-за (ru) (íz-za) (+ genitive case)
Slovak: za (sk)
Spanish: por (es)
Swedish: för (sv), av (sv)
Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez)
Venetian: par (vec)

over (a period of time)

Arabic: لِـ (ar) (li-)
Azerbaijani: boyunca
Bengali: ধরে (bn) (dhore), জন্য (bn) (jônnô)
Catalan: durant (ca)
Danish: i (da)
Dutch: voor (nl), lang (nl)
Finnish: partitive or translative case, aikana (fi), ajan (fi)
French: depuis (fr), pendant (fr)
German: seit (de), lang (de), -lang, tagelang (de) etc.
Greek:
Ancient: (accusative case of noun), ἐπί (epí) (+ accusative case)
Hindi: से (hi) (se)
Hungarian: -a/-e/-ja/-je (e.g. egy órája, as in "s/he has/had been waiting for an hour"), -ig (hu) (e.g. egy óráig, as in "s/he waited / waits / will wait for an hour")
Irish: ar feadh, feadh, le (ga), go ceann
Italian: durante (it)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: pro (la), inter (la), in (la), per (la)
Plautdietsch: fa
Portuguese: por (pt), durante (pt)
Russian: в тече́ние (ru) (v tečénije) (+ genitive case)
Slovak: počas (sk)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wob
Spanish: por (es), durante (es)
Swahili: kwa
Swedish: i (sv)
Thai: เป็นเวลา (bpen waylaa)
Ukrainian: про́тягом (prótjahom)
Venetian: par (vec)
Welsh: am (cy), ers

in order to obtain or acquire

Arabic: لِأَجْل (liʔajl)
Egyptian Arabic: عشان (ʕašān), على شان (ʕalā šān)
Esperanto: por (eo)
Finnish: use the long first infinitive, saadakseen (fi)
French: pour (fr)
German: für (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: πρός (prós) (+ acc.), ἐπί (epí) (+ acc.)
Hungarian: -ra (hu)/-re (hu), -ért (hu), céljából (hu)
Irish: faoi dhéin, faoi choinne, ag triall ar, ar son
Latin: ob (la)
Ligurian: pe
Polish: o (pl)
Portuguese: por (pt)
Slovak: po
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: za
Spanish: por (es)
Swedish: efter (sv), på (sv)
Venetian: par (vec)

by the standards of

Arabic: لِـ (ar) (li-), بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ (bi-n-nisba(t) li-)
Egyptian Arabic: لـ (le-), بالنسبة لـ (be-n-nesba le-)
Catalan: per ser
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對……來說／对……来说 (duì ... láishuō)
Finnish: use the translative case, use the allative case
French: par estre, pour estre
German: für (de)
Hungarian: képest (hu)
Italian: per essere
Portuguese: para (pt), para ser
Slovak: na (sk)
Slovene: za (sl)
Spanish: para ser
Venetian: par (vec)

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Guaraní: (t-) ^{(please verify)} ehe
Ido: ^{(please verify)} por (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} buat (id), ^{(please verify)} demi (id)
Low German: ^{(please verify)} fær (Dithmarsisch); ^{(please verify)} för, ^{(please verify)} für (nds), ^{(please verify)} fü (Paderbornisch)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pentru (ro)
Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} དོན་དག་ལ (don dag la)
Tupinambá: (t-) ^{(please verify)} esé, ^{(please verify)} supé
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} pro (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: حَتَى (ar) (ḥatā), إِلَى (ar) (ʔilā)
Egyptian Arabic: لحد (leḥād)
Finnish: use the allative case