after all

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83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فِي النِّهَايَة (fī n-nihāya) — anyway, in any case
• Catalan: al capdavall — anyway, in any case
• Chinese Mandarin: 畢竟 /毕竟 (bìjìng) — anyway, in any case
• Chinese Mandarin: 究竟 (jiūjìng) — anyway, in any case
• Dutch: per slot van rekening — anyway, in any case
• Dutch: uiteindelijk — anyway, in any case
• Dutch: immers — anyway, in any case
• Esperanto: post ĉiom — anyway, in any case
• Esperanto: finfine — anyway, in any case
• Finnish: loppujen lopuksi — anyway, in any case
• Finnish: kuitenkin — anyway, in any case
• French: après tout — anyway, in any case
• French: finalement — anyway, in any case
• Galician: ao cabo — anyway, in any case
• German: immerhin — anyway, in any case
• German: schließlich — anyway, in any case
• German: allerdings — anyway, in any case
• Greek: πάντως (pántos) — anyway, in any case
• Greek: τέλος πάντων (télos pánton) — anyway, in any case
• Greek: στο κάτω κάτω (sto káto káto) — anyway, in any case
• Hebrew: סוף סוף (sof sof) — anyway, in any case
• Hindi: आख़िर (āxir) — anyway, in any case
• Hungarian: elvégre — anyway, in any case
• Hungarian: végül is — anyway, in any case
• Hungarian: végtére is — anyway, in any case
• Italian: dopo tutto — anyway, in any case
• Italian: dopotutto — anyway, in any case
• Italian: in fin dei conti — anyway, in any case
• Italian: alla fine — anyway, in any case
• Italian: nonostante tutto — anyway, in any case
• Japanese: やはり (yahari) — anyway, in any case
• Japanese: やっぱり (yappari) — anyway, in any case
• Japanese: 結局 (kekkyoku) — anyway, in any case
• Japanese: 所詮 (shosen) — anyway, in any case
• Korean: 결국에는 (gyeolgugeneun) — anyway, in any case
• Latin: denum — anyway, in any case
• Latin: denique — anyway, in any case
• Latin: tandem — anyway, in any case
• Latvian: galu galā — anyway, in any case
• Maltese: wara kollox — anyway, in any case
• Maltese: warakollox — anyway, in any case
• Māori: te mea ai — anyway, in any case
• Norman: oprès tout — anyway, in any case
• Polish: w końcu — anyway, in any case
• Polish: przecież — anyway, in any case
• Polish: wszak — anyway, in any case
• Polish: wszakże — anyway, in any case
• Portuguese: afinal — anyway, in any case
• Romanian: în definitiv — anyway, in any case
• Romanian: la o adică — anyway, in any case
• Romanian: la urma urmei — anyway, in any case
• Romanian: până la urmă — anyway, in any case
• Russian: ведь (vedʹ) — anyway, in any case
• Russian: в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv) — anyway, in any case
• Serbo-Croatian: nakon svega — anyway, in any case
• Serbo-Croatian: после свега (posle svega) — anyway, in any case
• Spanish: después de todo — anyway, in any case
• Spanish: al final — anyway, in any case
• Spanish: al fin y al cabo — anyway, in any case
• Swedish: när allt kommer omkring — anyway, in any case
• Swedish: trots allt — anyway, in any case
• Tagalog: pagkatapos ng lahat — anyway, in any case
• Tagalog: tutal — anyway, in any case
• Urdu: آخر (āxir) — anyway, in any case
• Welsh: wedi'r cwbl — anyway, in any case
• Welsh: wedi'r cyfan — anyway, in any case
• Yiddish: נאָך אַלץ (nokh alts) — anyway, in any case
• Catalan: després de tot — in the end, however
• Finnish: sittenkään — in the end, however
• French: après tout — in the end, however
• French: pour finir — in the end, however
• French: au bout du compte — in the end, however
• Galician: ao cabo — in the end, however
• Galician: despois de todo — in the end, however
• Irish: i ndeireadh na dála — in the end, however
• Italian: alla fine — in the end, however
• Polish: jednak — in the end, however
• Portuguese: afinal de contas — in the end, however
• Romanian: până la urmă — in the end, however
• Spanish: después de todo — in the end, however
• Swedish: ändå — in the end, however
• Swedish: trots allt — in the end, however
• Esperanto: ja — introduces information that supports the previous sentence