quizais

Meaning

perhaps, maybe

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kiˈθajs]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: -

Cognate with Portuguese: quiçá

Cognate with Spanish: quizá

Cognate with Italian: chissà

Cognate with Catalan: quissà

Cognate with French: qui sait

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese quiçay, quiça, quiçais. Ultimately probably from the Latin expression qui sapit (“who knows”). Compare Portuguese quiçá, Spanish quizá, Italian chissà, Catalan quissà and French qui sait.

Sentences

Buscaría , quizais , explicacións baseadas en complexos fenómenos físicos producidos por estrañas combinacións do azar.

I would seek, perhaps, explanations based on complex physical phenomena produced by strange combinations of chance.