por favor — meaning in English

English meaning

• please verb To make someone happy or satisfied.
• would verb Used to describe what someone was going to do, from the point of view of the past.

Senses

por favor is used for these senses in English:

• do me a favour (UK, idiomatic) Expressing incredulity.
• please (often, with yes) Used as an affirmative to an offer.
• please An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
• would Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …? [from 15th c.]

please — full definition

1. verb To make someone happy or satisfied.
2. adv Used to make a request sound polite.
3. intj Used to accept an offer politely.
4. intj Used to express annoyance or disbelief.

would — full definition

1. verb Used to describe what someone was going to do, from the point of view of the past.
2. verb Used to describe something that used to happen repeatedly in the past.
3. verb Used to describe a hypothetical result, given a certain condition.
4. verb Used to make a polite request or offer.

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