chance
/ˈt͡ʃanθe/ · B1 · conj
maybe, perchance, perhaps or possibly
🎲 Borrowed from English/French chance: an opening, so maybe a job
It comes from Old French cheance, the fall of the dice, from Latin cadere, to fall. In Latin America chance means an opportunity, a job opening, or maybe. Spanish says it the Spanish way: CHAN-the in Spain, CHAN-se in Latin America.