quiçá

See also: quica, quiça, and quiçà

Portuguese

Alternative forms

quiça (obsolete)
quiçà (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quiça, quiçai, from Latin qui sapit (“who knows”), possibly via Old Spanish quiçab.

Cognate with Galician quizá, Spanish quizá and Italian chissà.

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ˈsa/
Hyphenation: qui‧çá

Adverb

quiçá

(archaic in Brazil) perhaps

Synonyms

talvez

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