se calhar

Portuguese, adverb/sɨ kɐˈʎaɾ/

se calhar is a Portuguese adverb meaning “maybe; perhaps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does se calhar mean in English?

adverb

1
Portugalmaybe; perhaps

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. talvez, quiçá, se quadrar

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.

How do you pronounce se calhar?

Portugal /sɨ kɐˈʎaɾ/
Portugal /sɨ kɐˈʎa.ɾi/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to se calhar

maybe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.