possibly

possibly
adverb
1) (perhaps: `Will you have time to do it?' `Possibly.') tal vez, a lo mejor, es posible; posiblemente
2) (in a way or manner that is possible: I'll come as fast as I possibly can; I can't possibly eat any more; Could you possibly lend me your pen?) lo más... que pueda/posible; (not possibly) de ninguna manera; ser posible
possibly adv posiblemente
possibly
tr['pɒsɪblɪ]
adverb
1 (reasonably, conceivably) posiblemente
■ you can't possibly have finished already! ¡no es posible que ya hayas acabado!
■ if I possibly can si me es posible
2 (in requests)
■ could you possibly give me a lift to the station? ¿me podría llevar a la estación?
3 (perhaps) posiblemente, quizás, puede ser
possibly ['pɑsəbli] adv
1) conceivably: posiblemente
it can't possibly be true!: ¡no puede ser!
2) perhaps: quizás, posiblemente
possibly
adv.
• eventualmente adv.
• posiblemente adv.
• quizá adv.
• tal vez adv.
'pɑːsəbli, 'pɒsəbli
adverb
a) (conceivably)

that can't possibly be true — eso no puede ser verdad

if we possibly can — si podemos or si nos es posible

as fast as they possibly could — lo más rápido que pudieron

I couldn't possibly eat any more — me es totalmente imposible comer nada más

I couldn't possibly allow you to pay — de ninguna manera voy a permitir que usted pague

could you possibly give me a hand with this? — ¿sería tan amable de ayudarme con esto?

b) (perhaps) (indep)

will it cost more than five dollars? - possibly — ¿va a costar más de cinco dólares? - puede ser or posiblemente

['pɒsǝblɪ]
ADV
1) (=feasibly, conceivably)

if I possibly can — si me es posible, si puedo

I go as often as I possibly can — voy siempre que puedo, voy lo más a menudo posible

how can I possibly come tomorrow? — ¿cómo voy a poder venir mañana?

could you possibly come another day? — ¿le sería posible venir otro día?, ¿podría venir otro día?

I can't possibly eat all this — me es totalmente imposible comer todo esto

I couldn't possibly allow it — de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir

it can't possibly be true! — ¡no puede ser verdad!

she will do everything she possibly can to help you — hará todo lo que esté en su mano or todo lo que pueda para ayudarte

he never does it if he can possibly help it — siempre que puede evitarlo lo evita

2) (=perhaps)

"will you be able to come?" - "possibly" — -¿podrás venir? -es posible or -puede que sí

possibly not — puede que no

of the 200 who apply, possibly five may be accepted — de los 200 solicitantes, tal vez se elija a cinco

* * *
['pɑːsəbli, 'pɒsəbli]
adverb
a) (conceivably)

that can't possibly be true — eso no puede ser verdad

if we possibly can — si podemos or si nos es posible

as fast as they possibly could — lo más rápido que pudieron

I couldn't possibly eat any more — me es totalmente imposible comer nada más

I couldn't possibly allow you to pay — de ninguna manera voy a permitir que usted pague

could you possibly give me a hand with this? — ¿sería tan amable de ayudarme con esto?

b) (perhaps) (indep)

will it cost more than five dollars? - possibly — ¿va a costar más de cinco dólares? - puede ser or posiblemente


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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