a propósito
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Portuguese
[edit]Preposition
[edit]- apropos (regarding or concerning)
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- by the way (incidentally)
- Synonyms: já agora, aliás, diga-se de passagem, além do mais
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]- apropos; suitable (typically followed by "de" or "para")
- 1873, Benito Pérez Galdós, Cádiz, Chapter 35:
- Acertó la marquesa al asegurar que no era D. Pedro hombre a propósito para llevar adelante esta grande empresa.
- The marchioness was right to assure that Don Pedro was not a suitable man to carry out this great undertaking.
- 1896, Isaac Albéniz, Pepita Jiménez:
- Como mi padre no es a propósito para hacer vida penitente, éste sería el único modo de que cambiase su vida
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adverb
[edit]- by the way, incidentally
- Synonyms: por cierto, de paso
- A propósito, ¿cuándo dará a luz tu prima?
- By the way, when will your cousin give birth?
- on purpose, purposely
- Synonyms: adrede, de propósito, intencionalmente, deliberadamente
Derived terms
[edit]- a propósito de (“regarding, concerning, about, on the subject of, speaking of”)
- ni hecho a propósito
Further reading
[edit]- “a propósito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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