quizá

See also: quiza

Galician

Alternative forms

• quizais
• quizás
• quizaves
• cecais

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kiˈθa/ [kiˈθa]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kiˈθa/ [kiˈθa]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kiˈsa/ [kiˈsa]

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: qui‧zá

Adverb

quizá

1. perhaps, maybe

   Synonyms: acaso, tal vez, se cadra, seica

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quiçab, from qui sabe (“who knows”), ultimately from the Vulgar Latin expression qui sapit (“who knows”). Compare Italian chissà, Portuguese quiçá, and Catalan quissà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kiˈθa/ [kiˈθa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kiˈsa/ [kiˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: qui‧zá

Adverb

quizá

1. perhaps, maybe

   Synonyms: quizás, tal vez

Further reading

• “quizá”, 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