posibilidad
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin possibilitātem, equivalent to posible + -idad.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]posibilidad f (plural posibilidades)
- possibility
- 2026 April 28, Jon Gambrell, “Emiratos Árabes Unidos dice que dejará la OPEP, lo que representa un golpe para el cártel petrolero”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on 1 May 2026:
- La posibilidad de que ello sucediera había sido un rumor desde hace algún tiempo, ya que en los últimos años los EAU se sentían constreñidos a unas cuotas de producción que consideraban demasiado bajas, lo que significaba que no le permitían vender al mundo tanto petróleo como quería.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (usually in the plural) means
- Viven por encima de sus posibilidades
- They live above their means.
- (in the singular or in the plural) potential, chance, odds, opportunity
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tagalog: posibilidad
Further reading
[edit]- “posibilidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish posibilidad.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /posibiliˈdad/ [po.sɪ.bɪ.lɪˈd̪ad̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: po‧si‧bi‧li‧dad
Noun
[edit]posibilidád (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)
- possibility; chance; odds; opportunity
- Synonyms: pagkamaaari, pagkaposible
- Antonym: imposibilidad
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “posibilidad”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “posibilidad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2127
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