perché
See also: perche, Perche, perchè, pèrche, and perche'
French
Pronunciation
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Participle
perché (feminine perchée, masculine plural perchés, feminine plural perchées)
- past participle of percher
Further reading
- “perché”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pécher, pêcher
- prêche, prêché
Italian
Alternative forms
- perchè, perche' (misspellings)
Etymology
Univerbation of per (“for”) + che (“which”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /perˈke/*
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: per‧ché
- (Lombardy, parts of Emilia-Romagna) IPA(key): /perˈkɛ/*
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Conjunction
perché
- because, why
- L'ho fatto perché volevo. ― I did it because I wanted to.
- (+ subj.) so, so that, in order that
- L'ho fatto perché potesse essere libero. ― I did it so that he could be free.
Adverb
perché
- why
- Synonym: come mai
- Perché il cielo è azzurro? ― Why is the sky blue?
Derived terms
- perché mai
- perché no
Noun
perché m (uncountable)
- 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
Verb
perché
- first-person singular preterite indicative of perchar