what for en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(not-comparable) For what purpose.
That's what friends are for.
What is this tool for?
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(colloquial, not-comparable) For what reason; why.
Ow! What did you do that for?
He wants four copies of it? What for?
What do you want to know for?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| for what | alternative | lexicographic | |
| whuffo | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (54)
pl po co (for what reason; why) · es por qué (for what reason; why) · tpi watpo (for what reason; why) · pt para quê? (for what reason; why) · he למה (for what reason; why) · nan-hbl 是按怎 (for what reason; why) · sv av vilken anledning (for what reason; why) · bo ཅིའི་ཕྱིར (for what reason; why) · ms untuk apa (for what reason; why) · es de qué (for what reason; why) · hu minek (for what reason; why) · de wofür (for what reason; why) · fi minkä takia (for what reason; why) · tl para saan (for what purpose) · br da betra (for what reason; why) · he בשביל מה (for what purpose) · hak 做麼个 (for what reason; why) · ru заче́м (for what reason; why) · sv varför (for what reason; why) · mk чуму (for what reason; why) · fr pourquoi (for what reason; why) · bo ག་རེའི་དོན་ལ (for what purpose) · fi minkä vuoksi (for what reason; why) · id untuk apa (for what reason; why) · et miks (for what reason; why) · ar لِمَاذَا (for what reason; why) · nan-hbl 為甚物 /为甚物 (for what reason; why) · it perché (for what reason; why) · es para qué (for what purpose) · ga cad chuige (for what reason; why) · yi צו וואָס (for what reason; why) · tg барои чӣ (for what reason; why) · ru за что́ (for what reason; why) · ar لِمَ (for what reason; why) · ta எதற்கு (for what purpose) · fi mitä varten (for what reason; why) · hu mire (for what purpose) · bo གང་གི་དོན་དུ (for what purpose) · uk навіщо (for what reason; why) · ru для чего́ (for what reason; why) · bo ག་རེ་བྱད་ཡག་རེད (for what purpose) · be наво́шта (for what reason; why) · hu miért (for what reason; why) · pl dlaczego (for what reason; why) · bo ག་རེ་བྱས་ནས (for what reason; why) · mk зошто (for what reason; why) · cmn 為什麼 /为什么 (for what reason; why) · he בשביל מה (for what reason; why) · ta எதற்கு (for what reason; why) · nan-hbl 為啥物 /为啥物 (for what reason; why) · ja どうして (for what reason; why) · fi miksi (for what reason; why) · ga cén fáth (for what reason; why) · tl para saan (for what reason; why)