afinal de contas
Portuguese
Adverb
afinal de contas (not comparable)
- after all (used to reinforce or explain a point)
- Synonyms: afinal, até porque
- Não estou com fome. Afinal de contas, nem tenho dinheiro para comprar comida.
- I’m not hungry. After all, I don’t even have enough money to buy food.
Further reading
- “afinal de contas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026