quem sabe

Meaning

Phrase

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quem, sabe.
2. who knows (a rhetorical question asked to show that the asker neither knows the answer nor who might know it)
3. who knows (asked to express the idea that anything is possible)
4. when directly followed by a clause: how about (introduces a suggestion)

Adv

maybe; perhaps (indicates uncertainty)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkẽj̃ ˈsa.bi/

Sentences

Ela é como você , mas quem sabe porque .

She's just like you, but who knows why.

Quem sabe se depois de tantos terrores a criança nasceria morta ?

Who knows if after so many terrors the child would be born dead?