quizá

perhaps, maybe

k i ˈθ a
adverb Extremely common #533
perhaps, maybe Often used with the subjunctive when expressing uncertainty about a future or possible event.
SP: Quizá lleguemos tarde.
EN: Perhaps we'll arrive late.

Quizá la próxima vez.

Maybe next time.

Quizá fueron el cenicero y los cigarrillos que encontré.

Maybe it was the ashtray and the cigarettes I found.

Quizá se hayan ido juntos.

Perhaps they left together.

— Suspiria: Alarido (1977)

Quizá en otro momento.

Maybe another time.

Quizá no quería leerlo por tercera vez.

Maybe he didn’t want to read it for the third time.

Quizá venga mañana.

Maybe he'll come tomorrow.

Ahora eso quizá deba cambiar.

Now that may have to change.

— El último emperador (1987)

Quizá así madame Suliman se olvide de mí.

Perhaps then Madame Suliman will forget about me.

— El increíble castillo vagabundo (2004)

Quizá mi nueva propiedad tuviera una extra en algún rincón entre los escombros.

Maybe my new property had an extra one somewhere among the rubble.

Hay un tipo que quizá sepa algo.

There's a guy who might know something.

Quizá les pase a todos los hijos.

Perhaps it happens to all children.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

No, quizá debas no trabajar esa noche.

No, maybe you shouldn't work that night.

— Anora (2024)

Quizá seis, o incluso siete.

Maybe six, or even seven.

— 8½ (1963)

Quizá hasta asustados.

Perhaps even scared.

— Máquina de guerra (2026)

Quizá se te ocurra al contarlo.

Maybe it will occur to you when you tell it.

Quizá es que soy un simple.

Maybe I’m just a simpleton.

— Ágora: La caída del imperio romano (2009)

Quizá podría volar de regreso con él.

Perhaps I could fly back with him.

— Nausicaä del Valle del Viento (1984)

Quizá vuelva.

Maybe I'll come back.

Quizá conozcamos a su familia.

Perhaps we will meet his family.

— Locamente millonarios (2018)

Quizá ni siquiera sabía lo que me había hecho, más allá de «haberla curado ».

Maybe he didn't even know what he'd done to me, beyond “having cured her.”

Quizá tenía un solo defecto.

Perhaps it had only one flaw.

— Parásitos (2019)

Quizá lo explique algo que vi en mi laboratorio.

Maybe something I saw in my lab will explain it.

Quizá son fantasmas que vivieron antes en esta casa.

Maybe they are ghosts who lived in this house before.

Quizá haya llegado hoy.

Perhaps he arrived today.

— Escondido (2005)

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.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

Quizá este sitio esté maldito.

Perhaps this place is cursed.

— Suspiria: Alarido (1977)

Quizá el agua fría le despeje la cabeza.

Maybe the cold water will clear his head.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Porque quizá ganemos una carrera?

Because maybe we’ll win a race?

— F1 la película (2025)

Quizá no tenga otra ocasión.

Maybe I won’t get another chance.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Quizá yo pueda ayudarte a recordar.

Maybe I can help you remember.

— Abre los ojos (1997)

¿O quizá me confunda yo?

Or maybe I'm mistaken?

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

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)

Quizá tu amigo brillante no quería que supieras nada.

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

Quizá Sugimura les contara de nosotros.

Perhaps Sugimura told them about us.

— Juego sangriento [バトル・ロワイアル] (2000)

No le dé tantas vueltas, quizá vuelva pronto.

Don't overthink it, maybe I'll be back soon.

— Con Ánimo de Amar (2000)

Quizá lo que dijo Tom fuera cierto.

Perhaps what Tom said was true.

Quizá sólo necesitamos salir de la casa.

Maybe we just need to get out of the house.

Quizá hayan cancelado mi reunión del sábado a las nueve.

Perhaps they've cancelled my meeting on Saturday at nine.

— Una película de miedo (2000)

Quizá el salón de conferencias y los teléfonos también.

Maybe the conference room and the phones too.

Quizá nos salvemos.

Maybe we'll be saved.

— El Submarino (1981)

Estaba segura de que se me escapaba algo, pero quizá no importaba qué.

I was sure I was missing something, but maybe it didn’t matter what.

Quizá, pero cuando cogí su mano, pareció mejorar.

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

Ahora había encontrado otra cosa que quizá necesitara para una nave estelar.

Now he had found something else he might need for a starship.

Quizá debería matarlo para estar seguro.

Maybe I should kill him to be sure.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Quizá no lo parezca, pero no soy tonto.

It may not seem like it, but I'm not stupid.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

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.

— Running on Empty (1988)

Quizá un vehículo aéreo sin piloto.

Perhaps an unmanned aerial vehicle.

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 me falte experiencia.

Perhaps I lack experience.

Quizá te pueda dar un autógrafo.

Maybe I can give you an autograph.

Pero quizá la cosa no sea como piensa.

But perhaps things aren't as you think.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Quizá la hice explotar por accidente.

Maybe I blew it up by accident.

— Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

Quizá fue un infarto mientras conducía, o quizá el cáncer.

Maybe it was a heart attack while he was driving, or maybe it was the cancer.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Quizá reportaron algo en los diarios.

Perhaps they reported something in the newspapers.

— Mulholland Drive: Sueños, misterios y secretos (2001)

Quizá en las mías pueda hacer bien.

Maybe I can do well in mine.

Quizá paso demasiado tiempo con mis clubes y mis obras.

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

— Tres son multitud (1998)

Quizá vayan.

Maybe they'll go.

Quizá algún día vuelvan.

Maybe they’ll come back someday.

Quizá menos.

Maybe less.

Quizá le gustaría ver mi cara antes de decidir.

Perhaps he'd like to see my face before deciding.

— El último emperador (1987)

Quizá seas la mejor amiga que jamás haya tenido.

You may be the best friend I've ever had.

Quizá había propuesto un intercambio.

Maybe he had suggested a trade.

Quizá se quede satisfecho y se marche.

Maybe he'll be satisfied and leave.

Habla, son tus amigos, quizá querrían saber.

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

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Quizá es diferente de los demás.

Maybe he is different from the others.

Quizá podría darle más trabajo.

Perhaps I could give him more work.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Quizá vive contigo.

Perhaps it lives with you.

— Mulholland Drive: Sueños, misterios y secretos (2001)

Quizá cometiste un error.

Maybe you made a mistake.

La chica quizá se registró con otro nombre.

The girl may have registered under a different name.

— Psicosis (1960)

Quizá nada.

Maybe nothing.

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

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

— Solaris (1972)

Quizá lo consiga.

Maybe I’ll manage it.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Quizá signifique algo.

Maybe it means something.

— La La Land: Una historia de amor (2016)

Sabe, quizá a veces más vale no saber todo.

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

— Incendios (2010)

Quizá haya alguna pista que haya pasado por alto.

Maybe there’s a clue I overlooked.

— Psicosis (1960)

Si me gusta, quizá me quede.

If I like it, maybe I'll stay.

— Con Ánimo de Amar (2000)

Quizá estaba equivocada, quizá seas algo más que un busca bichos.

Maybe I was wrong, maybe you're more than just a bug hunter.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

Quizá porque soy sólo curiosa.

Maybe because I'm just curious.

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Quizá detenga el veneno.

Maybe I'll stop the poison.

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

Quizá yo debería manejar.

Maybe I should drive.

¿O quizá algo menos?

Or maybe a little less?

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Quizá deba preguntarle a mi terapeuta.

Maybe I should ask my therapist.

Señor, si le disparo al traficante quizá le dé al policía también.

Sir, if I shoot the drug dealer, I might hit the policeman too.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

Timothy, dile al carpintero que quizá esté entrando agua por la proa.

Timothy, tell the carpenter that water might be coming in through the bow.

Quizá todos tenemos esos recuerdos.

Perhaps we all have those memories.

— Akira (1988)

Quizá Morhange quiera ver a su madre.

Perhaps Morhange wants to see his mother.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Quizá lo hizo para acercarse a nosotros.

Perhaps he did it to get closer to us.

— Akira (1988)

Quizá sí, Sr. Frodo.

Perhaps so, Mr. Frodo.

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

Quizá el profesor Wang hubiera podido salvar a nuestra hija.

Perhaps Professor Wang could have saved our daughter.

— 活着 (1994)

Quizá, era muy duro con Toby por mis propios problemas.

Maybe I was too hard on Toby because of my own problems.

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Quizá debería irme a casa.

Maybe I should go home.

Quizá un amigo suyo la puso ahí como una broma.

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

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

Quizá Tom pueda solucionar este problema.

Perhaps Tom can solve this problem.

Quizá mañana.

Maybe tomorrow.

— Río Místico (2003)

Quizá te dé una vida mejor.

Maybe it will give you a better life.

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

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

— El último emperador (1987)

Quizá hubo un corte de electricidad.

Perhaps there was a power outage.

Y también lamento decirle que quizá termine en un SSBN.

And I also regret to inform you that it may end up as a SSBN.

— El Canto del Lobo (2019)

Quizá quiera olvidarlo.

Maybe he/she wants to forget it.

— Возвращение (2003)

Y quizá más rápido que tú.

And maybe faster than you.

— Érase una vez en el Oeste (1968)

Quizá ellos las cortaron.

Perhaps they cut them.

— Máquina de guerra (2026)

Quizá otro día.

Maybe another day.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Quizá.

Perhaps.

— Anora (2024)

Quizá deberíamos ir.

Maybe we should go.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Quizá no me creas, pero me convertiré en el galán de tu vida.

You may not believe me, but I will become the heartthrob of your life.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Quizá vaya a la cárcel.

Maybe I'll go to jail.

— State and Main (2000)

Quizá alguien en Bellport sí preparaba cerveza de trigo.

Maybe someone in Bellport did brew wheat beer.

Quizá me quede todo el fin de semana.

Maybe I'll stay all weekend.

Quizá tenga algo que ver con esto.

Maybe it has something to do with this.

Quizá las orquídeas usaban toda el agua disponible.

Maybe the orchids used all the available water.

Pensé que quizá le gustaría cenar conmigo.

I thought you might like to have dinner with me.

— Cuestión De Honor (1992)

Quizá seamos demasiado precavidos.

Perhaps we are being too cautious.

— Con Ánimo de Amar (2000)

Quizá ganemos.

Maybe we'll win.

Quizá se lo guardó como una sorpresa agradable.

Maybe he kept it as a pleasant surprise.

Quizá era algo que había olvidado.

Perhaps it was something I had forgotten.

— Paris, je t'aime (2006)

¿Qué mensaje envío que quizá los haga salir?

What message should I send that might get them to come out?

Quizá ves al hombre como quieres ver al hombre.

Maybe you see man as you want to see man.

Quizá busque trabajo más cerca de su casa.

Maybe you're looking for work closer to home.

Quizá más feliz.

Perhaps happier.

— Con Ánimo de Amar (2000)

Quizá tengamos que hacerlo.

Perhaps we have to do it.

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: Crecer, correr y tropezar (2007)

Quizá llueva esta tarde.

It might rain this afternoon.

Quizá sería bueno para ti ir a ver al rey.

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

— El increíble castillo vagabundo (2004)

Tu siguiente vida, quizá.

Your next life, maybe.

De haberte comportado, quizá tu compañero seguiría en pie.

If you had behaved yourself, your partner might still be standing.

Quizá hay algún peligro.

Perhaps there is some danger.

— Aguirre, la ira de Dios (1972)

Quizá eso es bueno.

Perhaps that's a good thing.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Quizá por la chaqueta militar de camuflaje que traía.

Maybe it was because of the camouflage military jacket he was wearing.

Quizá demasiado bien.

Perhaps too well.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Quizá ya haya resuelto lo segundo.

Maybe they’ve already figured out the second thing.

Quizá cuando regrese, escriba un libro sobre mis viajes.

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

Quizá todavía quede esperanza para ti.

Maybe there's still hope for you.

Quizá Bárbol tenga razón.

Perhaps Treebeard is right.

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

Quizá lo hice en exceso.

Perhaps I overdid it.

Quizá su marido la ayudó.

Perhaps her husband helped her.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Quizá haya perdido el dinero dentro.

Perhaps I lost the money inside.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Aunque quizá eso no sirva de nada.

Although that might not do any good.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

Quizá estuviera escrito en las estrellas.

Perhaps it was written in the stars.

— ¡Ayuda! (2026)

Quizá el ladrón y el asesino sean la misma persona.

Perhaps the thief and the murderer are the same person.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Quizá no tiene nada que ocultar.

Perhaps he has nothing to hide.

— Eternidad (2025)

Quizá él lo hizo a propósito.

Perhaps he did it on purpose.

Quizá debería hablar.

Perhaps I should speak.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Quiero que admitas que quizá te guste un poco Tom.

I want you to admit that maybe you like Tom a little.

Quizá no fue un momento específico.

Maybe it wasn't a specific moment.

Quizá tuvo un accidente, o la asaltaron.

Perhaps she had an accident, or she was mugged.

— Psicosis (1960)

Quizá Tom no estaba equivocado.

Maybe Tom wasn't wrong.

Quizá lo use para comprar lona para velas.

Maybe I’ll use it to buy sailcloth.

Quizá también estoy equivocada con esto.

Maybe I'm wrong about this too.

— Ofrenda a la tormenta (2020)

Quizá hayas venido a explicar esto.

Perhaps you came here to explain this.

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

Espere, quizá esto le sirva.

Wait, this might be useful to you.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Marie y yo pensamos que quizá querría venir.

Marie and I thought that perhaps you might want to come.

— La Escafandra Y La Mariposa (2007)

Quizá quería matarme sin tener que pagar por su crimen.

Perhaps he wanted to kill me without having to pay for his crime.

— Астенический синдром (1989)

Quizá ella sepa la respuesta.

Perhaps she knows the answer.

Dicen que quizá perdió una apuesta.

They say he may have lost a bet.

— F1 la película (2025)

Quizá nosotros debemos dejar las cosas como están.

Maybe we should leave things as they are.

Siempre dices que quizá.

You always say maybe.

Quizá, sí.

Maybe, yes.

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Quizá no lo sean de la obra.

Perhaps they are not from the work.

— ¿Está funcionando esto? (2025)

Quizá usted debió saberlo.

Perhaps you should have known.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

Quizá ahora viva con alguien.

Maybe they live with someone now.

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

Quizá me lo tomé un poco más en serio.

Maybe I took it a little more seriously.

Quizá te vea en el club algún día y podamos tomar algo.

Maybe I'll see you at the club sometime and we can have a drink.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Pero quizá solo sea la vejez.

But maybe it's just old age.

Quizá la veamos en Nueva York.

Perhaps we'll see her in New York.

— La La Land: Una historia de amor (2016)

Quedan otros quinientos mil, quizá un poco menos, en manos de otras personas.

There are another five hundred thousand, perhaps a little less, in other people’s hands.

Quizá fui estúpida al creer que Tom realmente nos ayudaría.

Maybe I was stupid to believe that Tom would actually help us.

Quizá se hayan ido.

Maybe they’ve left.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Quizá encuentre a algunos conocidos.

I might run into some people I know.

— Русский ковчег (2002)

Shino es muy guapa, quizá funcione.

Shino is very pretty, maybe it'll work.

— Los Siete Samuráis (1954)

Quizá venga si esperamos un poco.

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

— Voraz (2017)

Quizá aun así quieran comprar pescado.

Maybe they still want to buy fish.

Quizá mientras te cambias de ropa, pero no.

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

— Song Sung Blue: Sueño inquebrantable (2025)

¿Coca-Cola, quizá?

Coca-Cola, perhaps?

— Anora (2024)

Quizá leí con un poco más de atención.

Maybe I read a little more carefully.

Quizá sepa.

Maybe he/she knows.

— El Canto del Lobo (2019)

Quizá hasta encuentre alguien con quien sentar cabeza.

Maybe I'll even find someone to settle down with.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Luego pensé que quizá tenía una misión.

Then I thought that maybe I had a mission.

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Creo que la muñeca también y quizá unas costillas.

I think the wrist too, and maybe some ribs.

— El Paciente Inglés (1996)

Quizá es un amor secreto.

Maybe it's a secret love.

Quizá podrías tomar una clase con ella.

Perhaps you could take a class with her.

— Mátate, amor (2025)

Quizá deberías.

Maybe you should.

Quizá vuelvan.

Maybe they'll come back.

Quizá consumía cocaína.

Perhaps he used cocaine.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Quizá nieve esta noche.

It might snow tonight.

Quizá tenías razón.

Maybe you were right.

Si no estuviera totalmente enterrada, quizá podríamos verla.

If it weren't completely buried, perhaps we could see it.

— Zootopia 2 (2025)

Quizá lo haga.

Maybe I will.

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Quizá soy especial.

Maybe I'm special.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

Como tres horas quizá.

Maybe three hours.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Quizá esto pueda ayudar.

Perhaps this can help.

— Ballena Asesina (2026)

Dos o tres, quizá.

Two or three, maybe.

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

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)

¿De verdad crees que quizá no lo venda?

Do you really think I might not sell it?

Quizá el cacao sea para él.

Perhaps the cocoa is for him.

— Victoria (2015)

Quizá no tenga relación, quizá sí.

Maybe it's not related, maybe it is.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Quizá yo sea la persona más lista que conozco.

I may be the smartest person I know.

¿O quizá son ya demasiados?

Or maybe there are already too many?

— Summertime (1955)

Sí, pero quizá a nuestro hijo no.

Yes, but maybe not our son.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Quizá debamos ir a pasear, cariño.

Maybe we should go for a walk, darling.

— Picnic (1955)

Quizá no es mi casa.

Maybe it's not my house.

— Mulholland Drive: Sueños, misterios y secretos (2001)