acaso

See also: a caso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ā cāsū.

Pronunciation

(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)

by chance
maybe

Noun

acaso m (plural acasos)

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

perhaps
Synonym: quizás

Derived terms

por si acaso

Further reading

“acaso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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