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Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: qui‧zá
Adverb
quizá
- perhaps, maybe
- Synonyms: acaso, tal vez, se cadra, seica
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish quiçab, from qui sabe (“who knows”), ultimately from the Vulgar Latin expression qui sapit (“who knows”). Compare Italian chissà, Portuguese quiçá, and Catalan quissà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kiˈθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kiˈsa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: qui‧zá
Adverb
quizá
- perhaps, maybe
- Synonyms: quizás, tal vez
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