why

Significado

Adv

1. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
3. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
4. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
5. For which cause, reason, or purpose.
6. The cause, reason, or purpose for which.

Noun

Reason.

Intj

An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

Verb

To ask (someone) the question "why?".

Noun

A young heifer.

Noun

Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Etimologia

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

Frases

That is why I am here .

É por isso que estou aqui.

Why Study Popular Culture ?

Por que estudar cultura popular?

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Por que mais ele diria ao seu principal rival para se preparar para uma corrida?

Why don't you say something ?

Por que você não diz algo?

That's why I feel that I deserve a part of what you find .

É por isso que sinto que mereço uma parte do que você encontra.

That's the reason why I came in fourth .

Essa é a razão pela qual cheguei em quarto.

Why don't you fellows get your own news ?

Por que vocês não recebem suas próprias notícias?

This is the main reason why pesto recipes often differ from each other .

Essa é a principal razão pela qual as receitas de pesto geralmente diferem entre si.