| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | porqués |
| Afrikaans | rede |
|---|---|
| Albanian | arsye |
| Dutch | grond; reden; waarom; oorzaak |
| English | reason; account; ground; motive |
| Esperanto | kialo; tialo |
| Faeroese | orsøk |
| Finnish | syy |
| French | motif |
| German | Warum; Grund; Ursache |
| Greek | αιτία |
| Jamaican Patois | riizn |
| Latin | causa |
| Low German | readen; wårum |
| Malay | sebab |
| Papiamento | motibu |
| Portuguese | causa; motivo |
| Romanian | cauză |
| Sranan | ede; leti |
| Swahili | sababu |
| Thai | เหตุ |
| West Frisian | reden |