ya que

See also: yá que

Spanish

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese já que.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝa ke/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa ke]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝa ke/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa ke] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃa ke/ [ˈʃa ke] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa ke/ [ˈʒa ke] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ya que

Conjunction

ya que

1. as, due to
2. inasmuch as, since, because, given that, in that, now that
   • 2015 October 3, “Peña Nieto y el populismo”, in El País:

     Y sin embargo, en Nueva York, el presidente les dice que están desinformados, ya que el verdadero peligro que enfrenta México es el populismo.

     However, in New York, the president told them that they are misinformed, since the true danger that confronts Mexico is populism.

Derived terms

• ya que estamos

Further reading

• “ya que”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025