por que diabos

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, why devils...?.

Adverb[edit]

por que diabos

  1. (Brazil, idiomatic) why the hell; why the heck (introducing a question with a mildly vulgar intensifier)
    Por que diabos você demorou tanto para chegar?
    Why the hell did you take so long to arrive?

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