chissà

Meaning

1. (rhetoric) who knows?
2. maybe, perhaps

Concepts

perhaps

maybe

possibly

mayhap

perchance

peradventure

ablins

goodness knows

ablings

mayhappen

aiblins

at a pinch

conceivably

haply

probably

who knows

praps

Synonyms

forse

può essere

magari

probabilmente

possibilmente

Translations

vielleicht

quizás

quizá

peut-être

acaso

möglicherweise

tal vez

fortasse

posiblemente

a lo mejor

talvez

mogelijk

misschien

quién sabe

Hyphenated as

chis‧sà

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kisˈsa/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin quī sapit (“who knows”). Cognate with Spanish and Galician quizá, Portuguese quiçá.