hopefully (I hope that) · God willing: inshallah · if only
eş: amalaya, malaya, pluguiera a Dios, pluguiese a Dios, quienquita, quiera dios
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish oxalá, from Arabic وَشَاءَ ٱلله (wašāʔa llāh, “and may God will it”) or لَوْ شَاءَ ٱلله (law šāʔa llāh, “if God wills it”). Compare Arabic إنْ شَاءَ الله (ʔin šāʔa llāh).
El gato ha estado escondiéndose debajo del sofá desde que se levantaron los niños. Ojalá yo pudiera hacer lo mismo.
köken: Borrowed from Greek μακάρι (makári, “I wish”), which is derived from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, happy”). Compare Portuguese macar (“although”, conjunction), Spanish maguer (“although”, conjunction) and Romanian măcar (“even”, adverb).
köken: Likely borrowed from a Indo-Aryan language; probably from Hindustani (see Hindi काँच (kā̃c) / Urdu کان٘چ (kā̃c)), ultimately from Sanskrit काच (kāca).
köken: Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish ojalá, from Arabic وَشَاءَ ٱلله (wašāʔa llāh, “and may God will it”) or لَوْ شَاءَ ٱلله (law šāʔa llāh, “if God wills it”). Compare English inshallah.
A statement of a wish that is hard or impossible to fulfill; if only
eş: ať, zda, zdali
köken: From the pronoun ké + the participle jže. The first element is the neuter gender of the pronoun ký (“which”). The second element is related to již (“already”).