en definitiva

en definitiva

finally, in short, all in all

■ en definitiva, no lo compro porque no tengo dinero in short, I'm not buying it because I haven't got enough money

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all in all

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= in all, all in all, in the last analysis, in the final analysis, all things considered

Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

Ex. All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.

Ex. In the last analysis, a microcomputer is a small computer and will be unsuitable for no other reason than the sheer size of the files involved.

Ex. This reminds us that in the final analysis it is still people who make technology work.

Ex. The revolution which had just been accomplished was the work of all France; Paris, all things considered, had been but the theatre of that event.

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= in all, all in all, in the last analysis, in the final analysis, all things considered

Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

Ex: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.

Ex: In the last analysis, a microcomputer is a small computer and will be unsuitable for no other reason than the sheer size of the files involved.

Ex: This reminds us that in the final analysis it is still people who make technology work.

Ex: The revolution which had just been accomplished was the work of all France; Paris, all things considered, had been but the theatre of that event.