How to Say ‘By any chance’ in Mexican Spanish
De casualidad
deh kah-swah-lee-DAHD
[deh kah-swah-lee-DAHD]
💬 Usage Tip: casualidad means "chance" or "coincidence", not "casualness". Put it at the start of a question to make it gentler: ¿De casualidad tienen mesa? "Do you by any chance have a table?"
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Opening with de casualidad makes a request sound less pushy. Mexicans use it all the time when asking for favors or checking availability.
Phrase Breakdown
De
[deh]
by (in expressions)
Preposition forming the set phrase 'de casualidad' (by any chance).
¿De casualidad tiene mesa?
Do you by any chance have a table?
casualidad
[kah-swah-lee-DAHD]
chance / coincidence
Noun meaning chance; with 'de' it politely asks 'by any chance'.
Fue pura casualidad.
It was pure coincidence.
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