quizais

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese quiçay, quiça, quiçais. Ultimately probably from the Latin expression qui sapit (who knows). Compare Portuguese quiçá, Spanish quizá, Italian chissà, Catalan quissà and French qui sait.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kiˈθajs], (western) [kiˈsajs]

Adverb

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quizais

  1. perhaps, maybe
    Synonyms: se cadra, poida
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:
      quiçays fora mellor estar aló en paz
      maybe it would be better to be there in peace
    • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Araúxo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
      cosais co'esta tunda aqueibaran, enon seran ousados de vir por lan, è volber trasquilados
      perhaps with this beating they will settle down, and they will not dare to come for wool and return shorn [to come for more than they bargained for]

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