I know that “juste parce que” means “just because” but if I wanted to use this as a statement rather than as part of a sentence, is there a colloquial way of saying this?
Why do you want to go to Spain?
Oh, just because.
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I suggest :
Oh, comme ça.
Oh, juste comme ça.
A possibly cheekier, less idiomatic translation would be :
Oh, parce que.
Bah, parce que.
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Elaboration on the last part: parce que is used as 'that's why': 'Why do you want to go to Spain?' 'That's why.' – Duncan Apr 16 '19 at 17:22
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3'parce que' is way too literal. 'comme ca' is a much better translation. – Apr 16 '19 at 19:07
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@GeorgeM True, edited! – mcadorel Apr 17 '19 at 08:45
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1@mcadorel: Parce que is the most idiomatic locution I know of. I don't know why you changed your answer. – Stéphane Gimenez Apr 17 '19 at 11:30
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Yes you can say for instance:
Pourquoi veux-tu aller en Espagne?
Parce que !
Locution conjonctive: parce que
(Familier) Marque le refus ou l’impossibilité de réponse à un pourquoi.
(Familiar) Mark the refusal or impossibility of answering a why.
« Mais plaire comment ? plaire… ? plaire pourquoi ? » demanda opiniâtrement le petit boutiquier, qui était sans doute un de ces raisonneurs si communs, incapable de s’élever jusqu’à la logique de l’Absurde.
« Parce que ! parce que ! » répliqua la Fée courroucée, en lui tournant le dos. — (Charles Baudelaire, Les Dons des fées, 1869)
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