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

French

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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

  1. past participle of percher

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Conjunction

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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

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perché

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

Derived terms

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Noun

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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

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Verb

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perché

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of perchar