by any chance

por casualidad, acaso

Se usa al preguntar con amabilidad si algo podría ser cierto.

En inglés sencillo: Used in a question to politely ask whether something might be true.

• Are you busy by any chance?
• Have you seen my keys by any chance?
• Do you by any chance know where the station is?

Cómo se usa: Do you … by any chance? (Do you know her phone number by any chance?); Are you by any chance …? (Are you by any chance free tomorrow?)

Sinónimos: perhaps, possibly

Expresiones frecuentes: know by any chance, available by any chance, by any chance nearby

por cualquier casualidad, por azar

Gracias a alguna casualidad o golpe de suerte, sin haberlo planeado.

En inglés sencillo: Through any possible accident or lucky event, rather than through a plan.

• If we meet by any chance, I'll return your book.
• Could such a complex pattern arise by any chance alone?
• If the letter reaches her by any chance, she will learn the truth.

Cómo se usa: if … by any chance (If the seeds survive by any chance, we will plant them.)

Sinónimos: by accident, by chance

Antónimos: deliberately

Expresiones frecuentes: happen by any chance, survive by any chance, arise by any chance