por acaso ➜ by chance
Simônimos ➜ inesperadamente, acidentalmente, casualmente, aleatoriamente, arbitrariamente
Exemplo:
Encontrei meus primos no festival por acaso. Não tínhamos combinado nada. ➜ I met my cousins at the festival by chance. We hadn't arranged anything.
de propósito ➜ on purpose
Simônimos ➜ deliberadamente, intencionalmente
Exemplo:
O propósito da vida é seguir a felicidade de propósito. ➜ The purpose of life is to pursue happiness on purpose.
Well, these two go together pretty well, correto?
Initially I had this tagged as an advanced topic but these are really transparent and within reach of anyone at the intermediate level, com certeza!
Let's dissect:
por acaso == (literally) per chance = by chance *interesting to note that caso = case
de propósito == (literally) of purpose = on purpose
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Let's go straight to some real-life examples!
por acaso
➜ From our online Portuguese course.
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