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por favor

American  
[pawr fah-vawr] / ˈpɔr fɑˈvɔr /

interjection

Spanish.
  1. please; if you please.


Example Sentences

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Reality TV gold has a new three-word definition: "Montoya, por favor!"

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

“I said a prayer: Fernando, por favor, no-no-no me molestes, yo tengo miedo. Wait until we get up there and we’ll joke around, but don’t mess around with my house. I was scared.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

Miranda, the creator and star of “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” asked for coffee—very sweet, very light, por favor.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

Anglos whose ancestors picked up such Spanish words as rancho, bronco, tornado and incommunicado, for instance, now freely use such Spanish words as gracias, bueno, amigo and por favor.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Lucia, por favor, it’s barely been three days.”

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez