on purpose | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)By design, as opposed to by accident;intentionally;deliberately.[from 16th c.]Synonyms:deliberately,intentionally,purposefully,willfullyAntonyms:by accident,on accidentThat wasn't an accident! You did iton purpose!; (nowrare)In orderto(do something); with the objectivethat.[from 16th c.]1749, Henry Fielding,The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:Blifil bowed and stammered, and looked like a fool; but Western, without giving him time to form a speech for the purpose, answered, “Well, well, I am to blame, if you will, I always am, certainly; but come, let the girl be fetched back again, or let Mr Blifil go to her.——He’s come upon purpose, and there is no time to be lost.”1792,Charlotte Smith,Desmond, Broadview, published2001, page260:I send this to the town,on purposeto have it reach you by the earliest post[…].

Examples:

EN: She's doing it on purpose.
ES: ¿entiendes que te lo hace a posta?
EN: I must see him without fail on purpose of Mr. Herrington.
ES: Debo verle sin falta a propósito del señor Herrington.
EN: Do you think I got into that hiney fleet on purpose? We were out numbered and forced down low.
ES: ¿Lo hice a propósito lo de lanzarme sobre los boches?
EN: Anyway, I think he did it on purpose.
ES: - Creo que lo hizo a propósito.
EN: Aw, gee, I didn't do it on purpose.
ES: Vaya, no lo he hecho a propósito. Oh, no.
EN: I just dumped some trash overboard and he said I did it on purpose.
ES: Acabo de tirar basura al agua y dice que lo he hecho a propósito.
EN: Please convey my compliments, to Mr., uh, uh, uh, what's-his-name, and tell him that I don't really resemble him on purpose.
ES: Por favor, salude de mi parte al Sr. "como se llame"... y dígale que no me parezco a él adrede.
EN: No, Danny .. this time I came on purpose.
ES: No, Danny.. esta vez vine a propósito.
EN: Then he's doing it on purpose.
ES: Pues Io hace a propósito.
EN: You're doing that on purpose.
ES: Lo estás haciendo a propósito.
EN: I didn't do it on purpose.
ES: No lo hice a propósito.
EN: You did it on purpose.
ES: No lo siente. Lo hizo a propósito.
EN: I sneaked off on purpose just to give you a break.
ES: Me esfumé a propósito para que pudieras estar con él.
EN: - Say, are you doing that on purpose?
ES: - Oiga, ¿lo hace a propósito?
EN: Well, I ought to since I left it here on purpose.
ES: Lo dejé aquí a propósito.

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