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11,127 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

por Dios bendito: good Lord!, good heavens
por accidente: by accident, by chance
por aclamación: unanimously
por adelantado: in advance
por ahora: for now
por ahí: out there, over there, that way; around (in a place different than where the speaker currently is; otherwise, use por aquí.); roughly, thereabout, thereabouts (i.e. approximately)
por algo: there is a reason
por allí: over there, there, around there, that way; or thereabouts; roughly; or so; -ish (roughly, approx)
por amor al arte: for free; pro bono
por amor de Dios: synonym of por el amor de Dios
por anticipado: in advance
por antonomasia: par excellence
por aquel entonces: back then
por arte de birlibirloque: as if by magic
por arte de magia: as if by magic
por así decirlo: so to speak, as it were (used to indicate a word or statement is not exact)
por añadidura: in addition
por bajo de: synonym of por debajo de
por buenas: willingly
por casualidad: by chance
por ciento: percent
por cientos: by the hundreds, in large numbers; for hundreds
por cierto: by the way, by the by, incidentally
por completo: completely
por compromiso: out of a sense of duty
por conducto de: synonym of por medio de
por consecuencia: consequently
por consiguiente: consequently
por cuanto: inasmuch as, in that
por cuatro reales: for peanuts (little money)
por cuenta ajena: for someone else
por cuenta de: in the name of; under the responsibility of
por cuenta de la casa: on the house, free of charge
por cuenta propia: freelance; working for oneself
por cuentapropia: on one's own, being self-employed
por cumplir: out of a sense of obligation
por de contado: naturally; of course
por de pronto: for now, for the time being
por debajo de: below; under (a level, amount or number)
por debajo de cuerda: synonym of bajo cuerda
por debajo de tierra: underground (in secret)
por decirlo así: so to speak
por defecto: by default
por delante: forward, ahead, remaining, to go; in/at the front
por demás: by the way, by and by; in vain; too much, in excess, excessively
por descontado: on course, naturally
por desgracia: unfortunately, sadly, alas, regrettably, tragically, unluckily
por detroit: anal
por detroit: anally; from behind; from behind; at or in the rear or back part of something
por detrás: behind (in absence); from behind
por doquiera: everywhere; all over the place
por duplicado: twice over; with two copies
por efecto de: due to; as a result of
por ejemplo: for example; for instance; e.g.
por el amor de Dios: for God's sake, for the love of God, for Christ's sake, for crying out loud
por el chiquito: anal sex
por el contrario: on the contrary, conversely, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the other hand, in contrast, instead, rather
por el culo te la hinco: a meaningless phrase said after the number cinco (“five”)
por el estilo: suchlike, like that
por el interés te quiero Andrés: I'm only interested in being (romantically) with you because of what you can offer.