| Part of speech | adverb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | pa·ren·tez·e |
| Afrikaans | apropos; tussen hakies |
|---|---|
| Danish | apropos |
| Dutch | à propos; tussen haakjes; tussen twee haakjes |
| English | by the way; incidentally; parenthetically |
| French | à propos; en passant |
| Italian | a proposito |
| Portuguese | a propósito |
| Romanian | apropo |
| Spanish | a propósito; de paso |
| Swedish | apropå |
| Yiddish | אגבֿ |