Usage examples of "para quê" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Para que você precisa desse dinheiro? Why do you need this money?
Para quê? What for?
Ela está atrasada para o quê? What is she late for?
Vamos separar esse dinheiro para nossa viagem de verão. Let's put this money aside for our summer trip.
Então o quê? Não me interessa. So what? It doesn't matter to me.
Mostre-as para mim. Show them to me.
Estamos pagando pelo quê, exatamente? What exactly are we paying for?
Uma vez na vida estou fazendo uma boa ação... e não serve para nada. For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
Com o quê você o abriu? What did you open it with?
Ela estava muito cansada para continuar trabalhando. She was too tired to go on working.
Vocês querem que eu faça o quê? What is it that you want me to do?
A cadeira é baixa demais para mim. The chair is too low for me.
O quê? What?
Pegue aquele livro para mim. Get that book for me.
Você passa a maior parte do seu tempo fazendo o quê? What do you spend most of your time doing?
Você tem algum quarto disponível para esta noite? Do you have any rooms left for tonight?
O quê eu deveria fazer em uma situação como essa? What should I do in a situation like this?
Muitos professores novos sentem-se mal preparados para ensinar a ler e a fazer contas. Many new teachers feel ill-prepared to teach basic literacy and numeracy.
Você nunca tem aula ou o quê? You never have class or what?!
Dizer que você não gosta de peixe só por causa das espinhas não é uma boa razão para não gostar de peixe. Just saying you don't like fish because of the bones is not really a good reason for not liking fish.
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