What is por? por is by
What is by?
Expresses approximate time: by August.
Expresses approximate place: is the table.
- Indica el precio, intercambio o sustitución: lo compré por mil pesetas; cambió las manzanas por peras.
Indicates the price, Exchange or replacement: I bought it for thousand pesetas; It changed the apples for pears.
Denotes multiplication of numbers: three by four.
Indicates proportion or distribution: two items per person; I peiné them one by one.
- Sin: esto está por pulir.
No: this is by polishing.
by other loc. Advisor. Preceded by the adjective, very: is Hustler by others.
by what loc. Advisor. interr. Why reason, cause or motive: why are I despise as well?