quiçá
Meaning
perhaps
Frequency
Hyphenated as
qui‧çá
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kiˈsa/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese quiça, quiçai, from Vulgar Latin qui sapit (“who knows”), possibly via Old Spanish quiçab. Cognate with Galician and Spanish quizá and Italian chissà. Doublet of quem sabe.
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