por ventura

See also: porventura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/ [puɦ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /puɾ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puʁ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /puɻ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /puʁ vẽˈtu.ɾa/ [puɦ vẽˈtu.ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ bẽˈtu.ɾɐ/ [puɾ βẽˈtu.ɾɐ]

Adverb

por ventura (not comparable)

luckily
Synonym: por sorte
alternative form of porventura

Spanish

Adverb

por ventura

(idiomatic) perhaps, maybe, perchance

Further reading

“por ventura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025