perché (feminineperchée,masculine pluralperchés,feminine pluralperchées)
- pastparticiple ofpercher
perché (feminineperchée,masculine pluralperchés,feminine pluralperchées)
- perched
- (slang, dated)high,intoxicated
- (slang) not mentally sound, disconnected from reality
Univerbation ofper(“for”) +che(“which”), probably inherited fromVulgar Latin. CompareNeapolitanpecché,Sicilianpirchì, and further Romance parallels such asSardinianpro chite,Frenchpourquoi,Spanishporque/por qué,Portugueseporque/por que.
perché
- because,why
- L'ho fattoperché volevo. ―I did itbecause I wanted to.
- (+subj.)so,so that,in order that
- L'ho fattoperché potesse essere libero. ―I did itso that he could be free.
perché
- why
- Synonym:come mai
- Perché il cielo è azzurro? ―Why is the sky blue?
perché m (uncountable)
- thewhys, thereason (why)
- Vorrei proprio sapereil perché. ―I would really like to knowthe reason.
- Non soperché, ma non mi sento bene. ―I don't knowwhy, but I don't feel well.
- IPA(key): /peɾˈt͡ʃe/[peɾˈt͡ʃe]
- Rhymes:-e
- Syllabification:per‧ché
perché
- first-personsingularpreteriteindicative ofperchar
