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Maybe... / Perhaps...

A lo mejor...

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Notes & Usage:

Very common informal way to express possibility. Crucially, takes the indicative (unlike puede que or quizás + subjunctive). A lo mejor viene = maybe he'll come.

See It in Context

A lo mejor llega tarde, hay mucho tráfico.

Maybe she'll arrive late, there's a lot of traffic.

A lo mejor tienes razón y me equivoqué.

Maybe you're right and I was wrong.

—¿Vendrá? —A lo mejor, no estoy seguro.

—Will he come? —Maybe, I'm not sure.

A lo mejor viene más tarde.

Maybe he'll come later.

A lo mejor llueve esta tarde.

Maybe it'll rain this afternoon.