quizá

maybe, perhaps

k i ˈθ a
adverb Very common #483
maybe, perhaps Often used interchangeably with “quizás.”
SP: Quizá mañana llueva.
EN: Maybe it will rain tomorrow.

Quizá todavía quede esperanza para ti.

Maybe there's still hope for you.

Quizá es diferente de los demás.

Maybe he is different from the others.

Quizá por sus hijas.

Perhaps for the sake of his daughters.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Quizá lo haya visto en los periódicos.

You may have seen it in the newspapers.

Cuando tengas tu propia familia quizá entiendas.

When you have your own family maybe you'll understand.

Quizá su auto pueda llevarme al aeropuerto.

Maybe your car can take me to the airport.

Quizá no te gusten los tipos que manejan contigo.

Maybe you don't like the guys who drive with you.

Quizá yo tenga esa suerte.

Maybe I'll have that luck.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Quizá haya olvidado enviar el correo, le recuerdo por si acaso mañana.

Perhaps I forgot to send the email, I'll remind you tomorrow just in case.

Quizá bebí una copa de más.

Maybe I had one drink too many.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Tuve más aventuras que nadie, salvo quizá Casanova.

I had more adventures than anyone else, except perhaps Casanova.

— La escafandra y la mariposa (2007)

Quizá no deberíamos haberlos creado.

Perhaps we shouldn't have created them.

— El gran diluvio (2025)

Quizá tu amigo brillante no quería que supieras nada.

Maybe your brilliant friend didn't want you to know anything.

Quizá esas nubes negras.

Perhaps those black clouds.

— El señor de los anillos: Las dos torres (2002)

Quizá lo hiciste mal.

Maybe you did it wrong.

Quizá sí.

Maybe so.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Quizá deberías.

Maybe you should.

Quizá no tenía amigos.

Maybe he didn't have any friends.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Quizá, no lo sé.

Maybe, I don't know.

Quizá haya quebrado.

It might have gone bankrupt.

— Un asunto de familia (2018)

Dice que quizá tú sepas algo.

He says that maybe you know something.

— Mystic River (2003)

Quizá cometí un error.

Maybe I made a mistake.

— Perdición (1944)

La chica quizá se registró con otro nombre.

The girl may have registered under a different name.

— Psicosis (1960)

Quizá no esté perdido, tal vez lo secuestraron.

Perhaps he's not lost, perhaps he was kidnapped.

— Anora (2024)

Quizá tú necesites eso.

Maybe you need that.

— Sin conexión (2025)

Quizá estaba ocupado.

Maybe he was busy.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Quizá lo que dijo Tom fuera cierto.

Perhaps what Tom said was true.

Quizá tarde toda la noche.

It might take all night.

— Whiplash (2014)

Quizá detenga el veneno.

Maybe I'll stop the poison.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

El suficiente, quizá, para retarlo.

Enough, perhaps, to challenge him.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Quizá, quizá.

Maybe, maybe.

— El arca rusa (2002)

Quizá hayas oído hablar de nuestros restaurantes.

You may have heard of our restaurants.

Y quizá se salta una generación.

And perhaps it skips a generation.

— Eternity (2025)

Quizá cuando regrese, escriba un libro sobre mis viajes.

Maybe when I get back, I'll write a book about my travels.

Quizá un vehículo aéreo sin piloto.

Perhaps an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Quizá estoy loca.

Maybe I'm crazy.

— Perdición (1944)

En otra ocasión, quizá.

Another time, perhaps.

Quizá Ana sí.

Maybe Ana will.

— Doña Clara (2016)

Quizá luego.

Maybe later.

— Ace Ventura, un detective diferente (1994)

Quizá te pueda dar un autógrafo.

Maybe I can give you an autograph.

Quizá el combustible es demasiado viejo, ¿no?

Perhaps the fuel is too old, isn't it?

— Ponyo en el acantilado (2008)

Quizá nos volvamos amigos, etcétera.

Maybe we'll become friends, and so on.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Quizá intentaba calcular la manera de salir de aquí.

Maybe he was trying to figure out how to get out of here.

Quizá debamos abortar el reinicio y lanzar, el tiempo corre.

Perhaps we should abort the restart and launch; time is running out.

— El canto del lobo (2019)

Pero quizá solo sea la vejez.

But maybe it's just old age.

Quizá no lo sea.

Maybe it isn't.

Quizá vaya a la cárcel.

Maybe I'll go to jail.

— State and Main (2000)

Quizá quiera hacer una llamada.

You might want to make a call.

— El quinto elemento (1997)

Quizá Morhange quiera ver a su madre.

Perhaps Morhange wants to see his mother.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Quizá me limpie los dientes con ella.

Maybe I'll clean my teeth with it.

Quizá te ví en el barrio, ¿no?

Maybe I saw you in the neighborhood, didn't I?

— París, je t'aime (2006)

Quizá el profesor Wang hubiera podido salvar a nuestra hija.

Perhaps Professor Wang could have saved our daughter.

— ¡Vivir! (1994)

Quizá para eso es esto.

Perhaps that's what this is for.

— Eternity (2025)

Quizá la próxima vez.

Maybe next time.

Quizá debería habérselo dicho a Tom.

Maybe I should have told Tom.

Quizá no me recuerdes.

You may not remember me.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

Quizá venga dentro de quince días.

Maybe he’ll come in two weeks.

— Suspiria (1977)

Teniendo fiesta la sirvienta quizá podría ayudar con algo.

Since there's a party, the maid might be able to help with something.

— Perdición (1944)

Quizá se convierta en un buen maestro.

Perhaps he will become a good teacher.

Quizá Tom estaba estudiando.

Perhaps Tom was studying.

No, quizá cinco, qué diablos.

No, maybe five, what the hell.

— Turno de noche (2026)

La madre de Bleeker quizá fuera atractiva alguna vez, pero ahora es un hobbit.

Bleeker's mother might have been attractive once, but now she's a hobbit.

— Juno (2007)

Quizá me quede todo el fin de semana.

Maybe I'll stay all weekend.

Quizá tenga razón, doctora.

Perhaps you're right, Doctor.

— Star Trek II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Quizá ella está por venir.

Perhaps she is yet to come.

Quizá perdamos.

We might lose.

Quizá le gustaba levantarse temprano y empacar en la mañana.

Perhaps he liked getting up early and packing in the morning.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Quizá seamos demasiado precavidos.

Perhaps we are being too cautious.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Quizá debería pintar una muestra más grande o probarlo.

Maybe I should paint a larger sample or test it out.

— Juno (2007)

Quizá ves al hombre como quieres ver al hombre.

Maybe you see man as you want to see man.

O quizá quizá estoy avergonzado.

Or maybe I'm just embarrassed.

Quizá fue un suicidio.

Maybe it was a suicide.

— Perdición (1944)

Quizá se las lleve yo mismo a Chile.

Maybe I'll take them to Chile myself.

— El cartero (y Pablo Neruda) (1994)

Quizá Tom pueda decirnos algo.

Perhaps Tom can tell us something.

Quizá mi apetito de imaginar y soñar.

Maybe my appetite to imagine and dream.

Quizá tengamos que decirlo.

Perhaps we need to say it.

Quizá ellos las cortaron.

Perhaps they cut them.

— Máquina de guerra (2026)

Quizá les pase a todos los hijos.

Perhaps it happens to all children.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Quizá secuestró a Madge.

Perhaps he kidnapped Madge.

— Picnic (1955)

Porque eres la única en la isla que quizá pueda detenerlos, capitana.

Because you're the only one on the island who might be able to stop them, Captain.

— El engaño (2026)

Dicen que quizá nunca salga de él.

They say he may never get out of it.

Quizá volvamos a vernos.

Maybe we'll see each other again.

Quizá funcione si les cuentas todo.

Maybe it will work if you tell them everything.

— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)

Un año, seis meses, quizá algo más.

One year, six months, maybe a little more.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Quizá se quede.

Maybe he'll stay.

— El paciente inglés (1996)

Quizá Tom y Mary no saben que todavía hay trabajo por hacer.

Maybe Tom and Mary don't know that there's still work to be done.

Quizá más feliz.

Perhaps happier.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Quizá tengas razón, pero trata de no pensar en ello.

You may be right, but try not to think about it.

— Solaris (1972)

Quizá en otro barco.

Maybe on another ship.

Quizá podría ir a verte más tarde.

Maybe I could come see you later.

— Juno (2007)

Creemos que pasó por aquí y quizá paró por esta zona.

We think he passed through here and may have stopped around this area.

— Psicosis (1960)

Quizá lo conoces por su reputación.

Perhaps you know him because of his reputation.

— F1 la película (2025)

Quizá sería bueno para ti ir a ver al rey.

Perhaps it would be good for you to go and see the king.

— El castillo ambulante (2004)

Quizá ya no necesite intentarlo, Almirante.

Perhaps you no longer need to try, Admiral.

— Star Trek II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Quizá hasta tome el sol desnudo.

Maybe I'll even sunbathe naked.

Sabe, quizá a veces más vale no saber todo.

He knows, perhaps sometimes it's better not to know everything.

— Incendies (2010)

Quizá ahora que sabes la verdad, te sentirás mejor.

Maybe now that you know the truth, you'll feel better.

Quizá necesitemos un descanso.

We might need a break.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Con un crimen así, quizá.

With a crime like that, perhaps.

— Mystic River (2003)

Quizá tienes razón.

Maybe you're right.

He pensado en tomarme un año libre, viajar por Europa quizá, escuchar música.

I've thought about taking a year off, maybe traveling around Europe, listening to music.

— Un lugar en ninguna parte (1988)

Quizá era algo que había olvidado.

Perhaps it was something I had forgotten.

— París, je t'aime (2006)

Quizá por eso son buenos momentos.

Maybe that's why they're good times.

— Open Your Eyes (1997)

Quizá lo estaba, quizá estoy loco.

Maybe I was, maybe I'm crazy.

— Rebeca (1940)

Quizá son fantasmas que vivieron antes en esta casa.

Maybe they are ghosts who lived in this house before.

Habla, son tus amigos, quizá querrían saber.

Speak up, they're your friends, maybe they'd like to know.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Quizá deberían visitar a nuestro amigo.

Maybe you should visit our friend.

Quizá yo pueda ayudarte a recordar.

Maybe I can help you remember.

— Open Your Eyes (1997)

Quizá alguien perdió una tortuga.

Maybe someone lost a turtle.

— Ace Ventura, un detective diferente (1994)

Quizá no debería haber dicho esto.

Perhaps I shouldn't have said this.

— Los cuatrocientos golpes (1959)

Quizá todos tenemos esos recuerdos.

Perhaps we all have those memories.

— Akira (1988)

Quizá es mi inglés.

Maybe it's my English.

— Locuras de verano (1955)

Quizá prefieras quedarte dentro.

Maybe you'd rather stay inside.

Quizá lo hice en exceso un poco.

Maybe I overdid it a little.

Quizá sí sabe lo que hace.

Maybe he does know what he's doing.

Quizá no tenga otra ocasión.

Maybe I won’t get another chance.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Quizá él perdió el equilibrio.

Perhaps he lost his balance.

— Mystic River (2003)

Quizá haya perdido el autobús que suele coger.

Perhaps he missed the bus he usually takes.

Quizá cambie toda su identidad.

Maybe your whole identity will change.

Quizá tu hija sepa dónde está.

Perhaps your daughter knows where he is.

— Naturaleza muerta (2006)

Quizá esta vez no tengas realmente elección.

Perhaps this time you don't really have a choice.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Un instante de dolor, quizá.

An instant of pain, perhaps.

— El espinazo del diablo (2001)

Quizá lo mejor es que tengas un nuevo comienzo.

Perhaps the best thing is for you to have a new beginning.

— Eternity (2025)

Quizá sólo nos queden unos días, unas horas.

Perhaps we only have a few days, a few hours left.

— Rebeca (1940)

Quizá demasiado bien.

Perhaps too well.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Quizá, pero cuando cogí su mano, pareció mejorar.

Maybe, but when I held his hand, he seemed to get better.

Y quizá habríamos funcionado en vida.

And maybe we would have worked out in life.

— Eternity (2025)

Quizá conozcamos a su familia.

Perhaps we will meet his family.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Quizá no fuera Jones.

Perhaps it wasn't Jones.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Quizá un amigo suyo la puso ahí como una broma.

Perhaps a friend of his put it there as a joke.

— Una segunda madre (2015)

Quizá este sitio esté maldito.

Perhaps this place is cursed.

— Suspiria (1977)

Primer esposo, quizá, pero no ex.

First husband, maybe, but not ex.

— Eternity (2025)

Este sacerdote tan sabio quizá lo entienda.

This very wise priest might understand it.

— Rashomon (1950)

Quizá lo sea.

Maybe it is.

Quizá te dé una vida mejor.

Maybe it will give you a better life.

Quizá duerma aquí esta noche.

I might sleep here tonight.

— Un asunto de familia (2018)

Quizá nos salvemos.

Maybe we'll be saved.

— El submarino (Das Boot) (1981)

Quizá, sólo quizá, tenga algunas respuestas para nosotros.

Maybe, just maybe, he has some answers for us.

Quizá hayas venido a explicar esto.

Perhaps you came here to explain this.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Quizá deba preguntarle a mi terapeuta.

Maybe I should ask my therapist.

Quizá uno de tus amigos.

Perhaps one of your friends.

— American Gangster (2007)

Quizá está aquí para cumplir la profecía.

Perhaps he is here to fulfill the prophecy.

— Wicked (2024)

Quizá quería ampliar la casa.

Perhaps he wanted to expand the house.

— Hasta que llegó su hora (1968)

Quizá Dick, quizá vosotros.

Maybe Dick, maybe you.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Creo que la muñeca también y quizá unas costillas.

I think the wrist too, and maybe some ribs.

— El paciente inglés (1996)

Quizá me estoy volviendo como tú.

Maybe I'm becoming like you.

— Shelter: El Protector (2026)

Quizá te suene.

Maybe it sounds familiar to you.

— Peaky Blinders: El hombre inmortal (2026)

Quizá el ladrón y el asesino sean la misma persona.

Perhaps the thief and the murderer are the same person.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

Quizá nunca.

Maybe never.

— Amelie (2001)

Quizá la hice explotar por accidente.

Maybe I blew it up by accident.

— Mike y Nick y Nick y Alice (2026)

Hay algo que quizá le interese saber.

There is something you might be interested in knowing.

Quizá debería cuidar mejor de ella.

Perhaps I should take better care of her.

— System crasher (2019)

Quizá vaya contigo mañana.

Maybe I'll go with you tomorrow.

Quizá esté escuchando ese rock a todo volumen.

Maybe he’s listening to that rock music at full volume.

— American Splendor (2003)

Quizá quiera vestirse.

Perhaps she wants to get dressed.

— State and Main (2000)

Por un año, quizá más.

For a year, maybe longer.

— Rental Family (Familia de alquiler) (2025)

Quizá Pete Townshend, pero da igual.

Maybe Pete Townshend, but it doesn't matter.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Quizá me merezco esto.

Maybe I deserve this.

Quizá el sabor esté mal.

Maybe the taste is off.

Quizá paso demasiado tiempo con mis clubes y mis obras.

Perhaps I spend too much time with my clubs and my works.

— Academia Rushmore (1998)

Quizá las dos cosas.

Maybe both.

Quizá debería irme temprano a casa hoy.

Maybe I should go home early today.

Quizá no os lo haya dicho claramente.

Maybe I haven’t made it clear to you.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Quizá venga si esperamos un poco.

Maybe he'll come if we wait a little while.

— Crudo (2017)

Cuestión de palabras, quizá, pero las palabras son importantes.

It's a matter of words, perhaps, but words are important.

— El último emperador (1987)

Esta vez quizá muramos.

This time we might die.

— Los siete samuráis (1954)

Quizá se hayan ido juntos.

Perhaps they left together.

— Suspiria (1977)

Quizá Tom no estaba equivocado.

Maybe Tom wasn't wrong.

Quizá me tenga que arreglar primero.

Maybe I need to get ready first.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Mientras tanto, quizá cambie usted de destino.

Meanwhile, you might change your destination.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Quizá ella sepa la respuesta.

Perhaps she knows the answer.

Quizá le haya visto salir.

Maybe I saw him leave.

— Una jornada particular (1977)

Quizá sean los instructores.

Maybe they’re the instructors.

— Máquina de guerra (2026)

Quizá vino un mozo o algo.

Maybe a waiter came by or something.

— Whiplash (2014)

Quizá fueron el cenicero y los cigarrillos que encontré.

Maybe it was the ashtray and the cigarettes I found.

Quizá se me metió un bicho en la oreja.

Maybe a bug got into my ear.

— Whiplash (2014)

Quizá Tom tenga otros planes.

Perhaps Tom has other plans.

Quizá mientras te cambias de ropa, pero no.

Maybe while you're changing your clothes, but no.

— Song Sung Blue - Canción para dos (2025)

Quizá tengamos que recordarlo.

Perhaps we need to remember that.

Quizá en la comandancia le escuchen.

Maybe they'll listen to you at the police station.

— El submarino (Das Boot) (1981)

Quizá llame hoy.

Maybe I'll call today.

En fin, quizá tratemos y no pase nada.

Anyway, maybe we'll try and nothing will happen.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Quizá sepa.

Maybe he/she knows.

— El canto del lobo (2019)

Quizá deberíamos irnos.

Maybe we should go.

Quizá vuelvan.

Maybe they'll come back.

Quizá hagamos palabras, oraciones.

Perhaps we will make words, sentences.

— La escafandra y la mariposa (2007)

Quizá se te ocurra al contarlo.

Maybe it will occur to you when you tell it.

Excepto, quizá, compasión.

Except, perhaps, compassion.

— Juno (2007)

Quizá a casa de la Sra. Liang.

Maybe to Mrs. Liang’s house.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Si no recibe su parte, quizá debería hablar con el jefe de policía.

If you don't receive your share, perhaps you should speak to the police chief.

— American Gangster (2007)

Quizá más.

Maybe more.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Quizá tenía mucho en qué pensar.

Maybe he had a lot to think about.

Quizá encuentre a algunos conocidos.

I might run into some people I know.

— El arca rusa (2002)

Quizá podría volar de regreso con él.

Perhaps I could fly back with him.

— Nausicaä del valle del viento (1984)

Si hubiera sido otro día, quizá me habría ido.

If it had been another day, maybe I would have left.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

Quizá lo dejes y llegues a ser muy vieja.

Maybe you'll quit and grow very old.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Quizá signifique algo.

Maybe it means something.

— La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (2016)

Pensé que quizá os gustara ver revistas inglesas y americanas.

I thought you might like to look at English and American magazines.

— El último emperador (1987)

Luego pensé que quizá tenía una misión.

Then I thought that maybe I had a mission.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

Quizá yo debería manejar.

Maybe I should drive.