al cap i a la fi

Catalan

Etymology

Literally, “at the extreme and the end”. Compare Spanish al fin y al cabo, with reversed order.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl ˈkap i ə lə ˈfi]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [al ˈkap i a la ˈfi]

Adverb

al cap i a la fi

(idiomatic) at the end of the day, after all
- 2019 August 14, Lluís Amiguet, “Viu-ho, fes-ne fotos i comparteix”, in La Vanguardia‎:
  Al cap i a la fi, la literatura no són més que emocions cristal·litzades.
  After all, literature is no more than crystallized emotions.

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