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Pronunciation / Transliteration: puɾ ki diˈɐʃuʃ
"Por que diachos você fez isso?"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Used in questions to express great surprise, bewilderment, or to ask for a strong reason why something is the case.
"Whyever would you agree to such a terrible deal?" - 2
For what possible reason; an emphatic form of why.
"Whyever did they choose to cancel the trip at the last minute?"
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in late Middle English by combining the interrogative adverb 'why' with the suffix '-ever', used for intensification. It evolved to express extreme puzzlement or emphasis in questions, mirroring formations like 'whoever' and 'whatever'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whyever" is said worldwide
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pourquoi diable
Transliteration: puʁ.kwa dja.bl
"Pourquoi diable as-tu fait une chose pareille ?"
warum in aller Welt
Transliteration: vaˈʁʊm ɪn ˈalɐ vɛlt
"Warum in aller Welt hast du das getan?"
mai al mondo
Transliteration: mai al 'mondo
"Perché mai al mondo avresti dovuto farlo?"
por qué demonios
Transliteration: poɾ ke deˈmonjos
"¿Por qué demonios hiciste eso?"
por que diachos
Transliteration: puɾ ki diˈɐʃuʃ
"Por que diachos você fez isso?"
आखिर क्यों
Transliteration: aakhir kyun
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"आखिर तुमने ऐसा क्यों किया?"
到底为什么
Transliteration: dào dǐ wèishénme
Script: 中文汉字
"你到底为什么要这么做？"
도대체 왜
Transliteration: dodaeche wae
Script: 한국어 한글
"도대체 왜 그런 결정을 내렸나요?"
一体なぜ
Transliteration: ittai naze
Script: 日本語
"いったいなぜそんなことをしたのですか。"
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