definitely, absolutely · anyway, in any case, at any rate (refocusing on the central topic after a brief aside)
eş: unbedingt, ganz, bestimmt, genau, richtig, jedenfalls
zıt: auf keinen Fall, keinesfalls, keineswegs
brief (of short duration)
köken: From Old French brief, from Latin brevis. A folk etymology derives it as an acronym of Bon, Revenons-En aux Faits, but this is completely inaccurate.
aile: dans les plus brefs délais, en bref
🔊 Il lui envoya un bref message de quelques lignes seulement.
at least, at minimum (at any rate)
zıt: como máximo
köken: Literally, “at the least”. Compare Italian almeno, French au moins, Catalan almenys.
🔊 El año pasado había ocho personas en mi fiesta de cumple; este año espero que haya al menos diez.
anyway, in any case, either way
Rusça 🔊 в любо́м де́ле , в любо́м слу́чае , во вся́ком слу́чае , всё равно́ , ка́к бы то ни́ было , кста́ти
Arapça 🔊 بِأَيَّةِ طَرِيقَة , على أي حال , عَلَى أَيُّ حَالٍ , على كل حال , عَلَى كُلِّ حَال , مَهْمَا anyway, anyhow
Farsça 🔊 به هر حال , در هر حال , در هر صورت , علیایحال /dæɾhæɾˈhɒːl/ anyway, anyhow
Azerice 🔊 barı , heç olmasa , hər halda , istənilən halda , nəisə , onsuz da /bɑˈrɯ/ fence
çekim: çoğul barılar · tamlayan barının
köken: From Proto-Turkic *b(i)ar-k (“house; home, household”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺𐰴 (b¹r¹q /barq, barïq/), Karakhanid [script needed] (barq), Turkish bark, Uzbek barq, Kumyk бару (baru, “fence”), Southern Altai баркы (barkï, “present for children”).
🔊 Neçə kərə mən sənə dedim ki, rus həkiminin yanına gedib barı qızdırma davasını ondan öyrən.
at least, anyway, at any rate · right now, now, immediately
eş: tenminste
köken: Univerbation of al thans. Originally, in the 17th century, it meant an emphatic version of “now”, as in “already now”/“by now”, but this meaning is now outdated or archaic.
🔊 Dit zou geen probleem moeten zijn - althans, dat hoop ik.
at least (at a lower limit)
🔊 Se ao menos a gente pudesse ouvir o que estão dizendo!
in any case, at any rate, anyhow, regardless
zıt: εν εναντία περιπτώσει, older spelling: ἐν ἐναντίᾳ περιπτώσει
köken: A calque of French en tout cas. Katharevousa set phrase (polytonic spelling: ἐν πάσῃ περιπτώσει) with preposition ἐν (en, “in”), the feminine singular dative πάσῃ (pásēi) of πᾶς (pâs, “everyone”) & περίπτωσις (períptōsis, “encountering”) -modern περίπτωση (períptosi, “case, instance”)-.
🔊 Εν πάση περιπτώσει, αποδείχτηκε ότι ήταν λάθος.
but, however, on the other hand
köken: From the adjective 그렇— (geureot-, “to be like that”), through the addition of the adversative suffix —은데 (-eunde) to the stem.
🔊 그런데 왜 차를 가져 가지 않는 겁니까?
Indicates (mild) resignation and wanting to move on from a subject; oh well
🔊 Aja, det får duga
🔊 Vi borde kanske packat ner ett paket strumpor till, men aja, nu måste vi åka
at any rate, anyway, anyhow (used to initiate a new topic)
eş: tak czy inaczej, w każdym razie
köken: Literally, “whatever might be”. Compare Czech buď jak buď, Russian будь что бу́дет (budʹ što búdet).
Ukraynaca 🔊 в будь-якому випадку , в будь-якому разі , в уся́кому ра́зі , прина́ймні , так чи іна́кше , у вся́кому ра́зі
well, anyway
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian خَیْر (xayr), from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).
🔊 ख़ैर, मैं बहुत अपने बारे बात कर रही हूँ, तुम्हारे वहां क्या चल रहा है?
at least (not) · for one ... not
köken: aina (“always”) + -kaan
🔊 Minä en ainakaan ole sitä mieltä.
in any case, in any event, either way
eş: určitě, rozhodně, ať tak či onak, buď jak buď, na každý pád, na sto procent
köken: From každý + pád, possibly a calque of German jedenfalls.
anyway, anyhow, whatever (either this way or that way, in any way or manner)
köken: From akár- + hogy.
🔊 Akárhogy döntesz is, elfogadom.
İbranice 🔊 בְּכָל אֹפֶן , בכל זאת , בכל מקרה , יִהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה , כִּכְלוֹת הַכֹּל , לֹא מְשַׁנֶּה מַה Anyway, even so, nevertheless.
köken: From ב־ (b'-, “in”) + כל (kol, “all, any, each”) + זאת (zot, “this”).
🔊 זה לא קשור אליי אבל אני בכל זאת מרגישה
the rest
çekim: çoğul cētera · tamlayan cēterī
köken: Accusative neuter singular of cēterus, used substantively or adverbially.
🔊 Cēterum cēnseō Carthāginem esse dēlendam
Points out something good in an otherwise bad situation.
🔊 Nok er her pissekoldt, men i det mindste er vi tørre.
Norveççe 🔊 i alle fall , i det minste , uansett
Vietnamca 🔊 dù thế nào đi chăng nữa
Bulgarca 🔊 във все́ки слу́чай , както и да е , така или иначе
Slovakça 🔊 v každom prípade
at least · at any rate · leastways
köken: From viss or vis + maz.