incidentally

por cierto, a propósito

Se usa para añadir un comentario o introducir otro tema en una conversación.

En inglés sencillo: Used to add another point or introduce a different topic in a conversation.

• Incidentally, your brother called.
• The meal was excellent; incidentally, who cooked it?
• Incidentally, I will be away next week.

Sinónimos: by the way

Expresiones frecuentes: incidentally I heard, incidentally did you, incidentally she said

de pasada, de forma secundaria

Brevemente o como parte secundaria de algo, sin ser el tema principal.

En inglés sencillo: Briefly or as a minor part of something, rather than as the main subject.

• She mentioned the cost only incidentally.
• The book discusses politics incidentally, focusing mainly on art.
• His childhood appears incidentally in a chapter about his career.

Sinónimos: in passing, briefly

Expresiones frecuentes: mentioned incidentally, only incidentally, discuss incidentally

por casualidad, casualmente

Por azar, sin estar planeado ni ser consecuencia de otro suceso.

En inglés sencillo: By chance, without being planned or caused by another event.

• They met incidentally at the station.
• The fault was incidentally discovered during routine cleaning.
• Two unrelated studies incidentally reached the same conclusion.

Sinónimos: by chance, coincidentally, accidentally

Expresiones frecuentes: incidentally discovered, incidentally found, incidentally encountered