ABSTRACT
There are many ways of expressing degrees of possibility and probability in Portuguese. Here are some of the most commonly used expressions in the spoken language:
pode ser ‘maybe, it could be’
talvez ‘perhaps, maybe’
de repente ‘maybe’
provavelmente ‘probably’
é possível/impossível ‘it’s possible/impossible’
não é possível ‘it’s not possible’
é difícil ‘it’s unlikely’, acho difícil ‘I think it’s unlikely’.
