porquanto
Portuguese, conjunction/poʁˈkwɐ̃.tu/
porquanto is spelled P-O-R-Q-U-A-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porquanto is a Portuguese conjunction meaning “because” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunção coordenativa explicativa: porque, pois, que, etc”.
What does porquanto mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
because
- 2
therefore
- 3
inasmuch as
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. conjunção coordenativa explicativa: porque, pois, que, etc 2. conjunção subordinativa causal: porque, pois, como, por isso que, visto que, uma vez que, etc
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce porquanto?
- Brazil /poʁˈkwɐ̃.tu/
- Brazil [pohˈkwɐ̃.tu]
- /poɾˈkwɐ̃.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is porquanto in Portuguese?
porquanto appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).