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perché (feminine perchée, masculine plural perchés, feminine plural perchées)

1. past participle of percher

perché (feminine perchée, masculine plural perchés, feminine plural perchées)

1. perched
2. (slang, dated) high, intoxicated
3. (slang) not mentally sound, disconnected from reality

• chat perché
• chéper

• “perché”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• pécher, pêcher
• prêche, prêché

• perchè, perche' (misspellings)
• perche (obsolete)

Univerbation of per (“for”) +‎ che (“which”), probably inherited from Vulgar Latin. Compare Neapolitan pecché, Sicilian pirchì, and further Romance parallels such as Sardinian pro chite, French pourquoi, Spanish porque/por qué, Portuguese porque/por que.

• (standard) IPA^(key): /perˈke/^*
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: per‧ché
• (Lombardy, parts of Emilia-Romagna) IPA^(key): /perˈkɛ/^°

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perché

1. because, why

   L'ho fatto perché volevo. ― I did it because I wanted to.

2. (+ subj.) so, so that, in order that

   L'ho fatto perché potesse essere libero. ― I did it so that he could be free.

perché

1. why

   Synonym: come mai

   Perché il cielo è azzurro? ― Why is the sky blue?

• perché mai
• perché no

perché m (uncountable)

1. the whys, the reason (why)

   Vorrei proprio sapere il perché. ― I would really like to know the reason.

   Non so perché, ma non mi sento bene. ― I don't know why, but I don't feel well.

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈt͡ʃe/ [peɾˈt͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: per‧ché

perché

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of perchar