acaso
adverbio
1 (en preguntas retóricas)
¿acaso no te lo he dicho cien veces? haven't I told you a hundred times?; ¿acaso tengo yo la culpa de lo que haga mi hermana? (how) am I to blame for what my sister does?; ¿acaso yo lo sé? how would I know?
2 (formal) (quizá) perhaps
acaso no es verdad lo que dicen perhaps what they say is not true; es acaso el más prestigioso galardón de poesía it is perhaps the most prestigious poetry award
acaso venga perhaps he will come
3
si acaso: no quiero nada, si acaso algo de fruta I don't want anything, except maybe perhaps some fruit;o está bueno, si acaso un poco dulce it's quite good, if perhaps a bit too sweet; no tienes que ir, si acaso lo llamas por teléfono you don't have to go, just give him a phone call; si acaso llama, dímelo if by any chance he phones, let me know
