acaso

See also: a caso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ā cāsū.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈka.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈka.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈka.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈka.zu/

• Rhymes: -azu
• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧so

Adverb

acaso (not comparable)

1. by chance
2. maybe

Noun

acaso m (plural acasos)

1. chance; luck

   um acaso feliz ― a fluke (literally, “a lucky occurrence”)

Related terms

• por acaso

Spanish

Etymology

From caso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkaso/ [aˈka.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧so

Adverb

acaso

1. perhaps
   • 2022 November 18, Game Freak, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, spoken by a Team Star Grunt:

     Será una broma, ¿no? ¿Acaso tengo cara del tutorial?

     You must be joking, no? Do I look like a tutorial?

     (literally, “It'll be a joke, no? Perhaps I have face of the tutorial?”)

   Synonym: quizás

Derived terms

• por si acaso

 

Further reading

• “acaso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10