after all | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)anyway,in any case;indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.After all, they never come home for Christmas.Of course he won't give you credit.After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.1813January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, inPride and Prejudice:[…], volume I, London:[…][George Sidney]forT[homas]Egerton,[…],→OCLC,page53:“What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancingafter all.—I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies.”1960December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, inTrains Illustrated, pages705–706:After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake inThe Guardian,How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipeI’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too.After all, there’s no such thing as too rich when it comes to brownies.; (idiomatic)in the end,however;used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.They won't be coming home for Christmasafter all.1873–1884(date written),Samuel Butler, chapter XL, inR[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor,The Way of All Flesh, London:Grant Richards, published1903,→OCLC,page175:Then the idea returned to her that,after all, her son might not be innocent in the Ellen matter—and this was so interesting that she felt bound to get as near the truth as she could.; Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.Of course he's coming to the party.After all, he did promise.

Examples:

EN: "You were right after all, Forrester.
ES: "Finalmente tenías razón, Forrester.
EN: Oh well, he is a prince after all.
ES: Pues claro, es un príncipe.
EN: May I, after all of these years, come to see you?
ES: ¿Puedo venir, después de tantos años, a verte?
EN: "But I'm not agitated after all, since I don't know anything!"
ES: Pero no estoy inquieta. ¡No sé nada!
EN: Her figure dances before me, peers out of bushes, here and there her dress glitters like a will-o'-the-wisp she rushes me, uphill, downhill, into the air, into the swamps... and yet I held her, after all she was mine!
ES: Su figura baila ante mis ojos, asoma entre setos y arbustos, aqui y alla reluce su vestido, me acosa como un duende, monte arriba y valle abajo, hacia el eter, hacia el fango... y yo la tuve entre mis brazos, ella era mia!
EN: "Perhaps I shall refuse the post after all."
ES: - - Después de todo, quizá rechace ese puesto.
EN: "He's still the same Clive... after all these years, Hughie."
ES: "Después de todos estos años sigue siendo el mismo Clive de siempre, Hughie."
EN: "... but, after all, I'm really quite in love with you... and all that sort of thing."
ES: "A pesar de todo, yo estoy muy enamorado de ti... y demás..."
EN: We will sell this and the collection of the night will not be so bad, after all.
ES: Venderemos esto y la recaudación de la noche no será tan mala, después de todo.
EN: ...faithful after all...
ES: ...fui leal, después de todo...
EN: "He asked me - and I laughed at him - and now it doesn't seem so darned funny, after all!"
ES: El me lo preguntó - y yo me reído en su cara - y ahora, después de todo, no me parece tan divertido
EN: "Let's have some fun ... after all, she is no more than a Polish dancer!"
ES: "¡Vamos a divertirnos un poco... después de todo no es más que una bailarina polaca!"
EN: I sincerely rejoice to be among my old friends after all this time.
ES: Me alegro sinceramente de que se me conceda, después de tanto tiempo, estar entre mis viejos amigos.
EN: "The nerve of that dame - bawling me out after all I done for her!"
ES: "¡Qué carácter, gritarme así después de lo que he hecho por ella!"
EN: What are you, after all?
ES: ¿Qué es usted, después de todo?

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