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60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَاجِلاً أَم آجِلاً (ʕājilan ʔam ʔājilan) — set phrase; eventually
• Arabic: عَاجِلاً أَو آجِلاً (ʕājilan ʔaw ʔājilan) — set phrase; eventually
• Arabic: فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمَطَافِ (fī nihāyati l-maṭāfi) — set phrase; eventually
• Armenian: վաղ թե ուշ (vaġ tʻe uš) — set phrase; eventually
• Azerbaijani: gec-tez — set phrase; eventually
• Belarusian: ра́на ці по́зна (rána ci pózna) — set phrase; eventually
• Catalan: tard o d'hora — set phrase; eventually
• Chinese Cantonese: 遲早 /迟早 (ci4 zou2) — set phrase; eventually
• Chinese Mandarin: 遲早 /迟早 (chízǎo) — set phrase; eventually
• Chinese Mandarin: 早晚 (zǎowǎn) — set phrase; eventually
• Czech: dříve nebo později — set phrase; eventually
• Czech: dříve či později — set phrase; eventually
• Danish: før eller senere — set phrase; eventually
• Danish: før eller siden — set phrase; eventually
• Dutch: vroeg of laat — set phrase; eventually
• Estonian: varem või hiljem — set phrase; eventually
• Finnish: ennemmin tai myöhemmin — set phrase; eventually
• French: tôt ou tard — set phrase; eventually
• French: à un moment ou à un autre — set phrase; eventually
• Middle French: tost ou tard — set phrase; eventually
• Georgian: ადრე თუ გვიან (adre tu gvian) — set phrase; eventually
• German: früher oder später — set phrase; eventually
• Greek: αργά ή γρήγορα (argá í grígora) — set phrase; eventually
• Hungarian: előbb vagy utóbb — set phrase; eventually
• Hungarian: előbb-utóbb — set phrase; eventually
• Italian: prima o poi — set phrase; eventually
• Italian: presto o tardi — set phrase; eventually
• Japanese: 遅かれ早かれ (osokare-hayakare) — set phrase; eventually
• Japanese: 早晩 (sōban) — set phrase; eventually
• Korean: 조만간 (joman'gan) — set phrase; eventually
• Latin: serius aut citius — set phrase; eventually
• Latin: serius ocius — set phrase; eventually
• Latvian: agrāk vai vēlāk — set phrase; eventually
• Lithuanian: anksčiau ar vėliau — set phrase; eventually
• Norwegian Bokmål: før eller senere — set phrase; eventually
• Norwegian Bokmål: før eller seinere — set phrase; eventually
• Norwegian Bokmål: før eller siden — set phrase; eventually
• Norwegian Nynorsk: før eller seinare — set phrase; eventually
• Old English: ǣr oþþe lator — set phrase; eventually
• Polish: prędzej czy później — set phrase; eventually
• Portuguese: mais cedo ou mais tarde — set phrase; eventually
• Romanian: mai devreme sau mai târziu — set phrase; eventually
• Romanian: odată și-odată — set phrase; eventually
• Russian: ра́но и́ли по́здно (ráno íli pózdno) — set phrase; eventually
• Scottish Gaelic: luath no mall — set phrase; eventually
• Spanish: tarde o temprano — set phrase; eventually
• Spanish: a la corta o a la larga — set phrase; eventually
• Spanish: más tarde o más temprano — set phrase; eventually
• Spanish: más pronto o más tarde — set phrase; eventually
• Swedish: förr eller senare — set phrase; eventually
• Swedish: så småningom — set phrase; eventually
• Thai: ไม่ช้าก็เร็ว — set phrase; eventually
• Turkish: eninde sonunda — set phrase; eventually
• Turkish: er ya da geç — set phrase; eventually
• Turkish: er geç — set phrase; eventually
• Ukrainian: ра́но чи пі́зно (ráno čy pízno) — set phrase; eventually
• Vietnamese: sớm muộn — set phrase; eventually
• Vietnamese: trước sau — set phrase; eventually
• Vietnamese: chẳng chóng thì chầy — set phrase; eventually
• Welsh: yn hwyr neu'n hwyrach — set phrase; eventually