English-Portuguese translations for by chance

• por acaso
  Não estou a dizer isto por acaso. I do not mention this by chance.
  Isso não acontece evidentemente por acaso. This, of course, is not by chance.
  Coincidência que não se dá por acaso.Quite by chance rather than by good fortune.
• casualmente
  Casualmente, por um estranho acaso do destino, temos aqui presente o senhor Comissário competente. By chance, by a strange stroke of luck, we have the competent Commissioner here today.

Definition of by chance

• Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning
• Possibly; perhaps

Examples

• I stumbled across the exit by chance.
• Are you by chance looking for the exit?

Related words

• baby change
• baby changing table
• by any chance
• change the baby
• Morfa Bychan
• Pentre Bychan