porventura
Portuguese, adverb/poʁ.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
porventura is spelled P-O-R-V-E-N-T-U-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porventura is a Portuguese adverb meaning “perhaps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “talvez”.
What does porventura mean in English?
adverb
- 1
perhaps
- 2
by chance, perchance
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. talvez 2. acaso
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of porventura
- por ventura alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porventura?
- Brazil /poʁ.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [poɦ.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ]
- /poɾ.vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porventura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is porventura in Portuguese?
porventura appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).