neutral📍 Peru — general

De repente

Significado literal: "Suddenly (but means "maybe" in Peru)"

Maybe / Perhaps (Peru usage)

deh reh-PEHN-teh

¿Qué significa?

A subtle but important regional shift: in most of the Spanish-speaking world "de repente" means "suddenly". In everyday Peruvian speech it commonly means "maybe" or "perhaps" instead — "de repente voy" means "maybe I'll go", not "suddenly I go". Context makes the meaning clear, but it trips up visitors constantly.

Cómo usarlo

Universal and neutral in Peru. If you want to be unambiguous about "suddenly", "de pronto" is a safer alternative.

Oraciones de ejemplo

Maybe I'll come by later.

De repente me paso más tarde.

Maybe he already knows.

De repente él ya sabe.

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