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Puede que...

It may be that... / Maybe... / Perhaps...

Sentence Frames
Notes & Usage:

Always followed by the subjunctive. Expresses possibility with some uncertainty. More formal than a lo mejor, which takes the indicative.

See It in Context

Puede que tengas razón.

You may be right.

Puede que lleguen tarde por el tráfico.

They may arrive late because of the traffic.

—¿Vendrá? —Puede que sí, puede que no.

—Will she come? —Maybe yes, maybe no.

Puede que llegue tarde.

It may be that he arrives late.

Puede que no sepamos la verdad.

Maybe we don't know the truth.