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