a propósito
See also: a proposito
Portuguese
Prepositional phrase
- by the way (incidentally)
- Synonyms: já agora, aliás, diga-se de passagem, além do mais
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a pɾoˈposito/ [a pɾoˈpo.si.t̪o]
- Syllabification: a pro‧pó‧si‧to
Adjective
- 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
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Adverb
- 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
- a propósito de (“regarding, concerning, about, on the subject of, speaking of”)
- ni hecho a propósito
Further reading
- “a propósito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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