why
/waɪ/Translation
adv
›
⇨ por qué
Why are you so angry? ¿Por qué estás tan enfadado?
He asked me why I hadn't told him Me preguntó por qué no se lo había contado
why {don't you/not} do sth? (para hacer sugerencias)
⇨ ¿por qué no hacemos algo?
why not? (inform)
⇨ ¿por qué no?
(Definition of why adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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