Maybe it's classified as a adverb in the Portuguese language, that has the sense of "something that might eventually happen", "perhaps" or "perhaps".
This term arrived in the Portuguese language through Spanish maybe, which also has the same meaning: “perhaps” or “perhaps”. However, its etymological root, according to some scholars, is from the Latin quid sapit.
Examples:"It rains a lot these days around here, maybe we have a sunny weekend" / "I will receive the test grade this week, maybe I did well".
Even though it is officially present in the Portuguese language dictionary, perhaps it ends up not being a term very common in Portuguese vocabulary, unlike Spanish, where this word is quite used.
In general, when it is said that a certain thing “maybe happen”, it means that it may or may not happen, that is, there is no certainty of its accomplishment.
Synonymous with maybe
- chance
- perchance
- Possibly
- Perhaps
- Eventually
- Probably
- by chance
- Who knows