How to say 'maybe' in Spanish without the subjunctive

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🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The subjunctive has a reputation for being one of the trickiest parts of Spanish, but you don't always need it to talk about what might happen. In this episode, Pablo shares three everyday expressions, a lo mejor, igual and lo mismo, that let you express possibility and uncertainty using the ordinary indicative. They're common, natural and a great way to sound more relaxed when you're not quite sure about something.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, what how?
0:02.0	I'm phenomenal.
0:03.0	I'm Pablo, the Coffee Break Spanish, and up next,
0:07.0	we are going to look at three simple phrases
0:11.0	that you can use to express
0:13.0	uncertainty in Spanish without using the adjective.
0:18.0	So it's good, right?
0:20.0	Well, preparette Suna bien, right? Well,
0:22.4	prepareate because there
0:23.1	we're going.
0:25.6	Now,
0:26.5	before we see
0:27.4	these expressions
0:28.3	to express
0:29.3	uncertainty
0:30.1	without the
0:30.6	subjunctive,
0:32.0	let me tell you
0:32.7	something.
0:33.5	We cannot
0:34.5	always avoid
0:36.0	the
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