once and for all

English

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: once and for all

Adverb

once and for all (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Conclusively, finally, permanently.

   Synonyms: for good, once for all; see also Thesaurus:finally

   They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.

Translations

conclusively, finally, permanently

• Arabic: إِلَى الأَبَد (ʔilā l-ʔabad)
• Armenian: մեկ և ընդմիշտ (mek ew əndmišt)
• Asturian: d'una vez
• Bulgarian: веднъж завинаги (vednǎž zavinagi)
• Catalan: d'una vegada (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一勞永逸／一劳永逸 (zh) (yīláoyǒngyì)

• Czech: jednou provždy
• Dutch: voor eens en altijd, voorgoed (nl)
• Esperanto: definitive
• Finnish: lopullisesti (fi)
• French: une fois pour toutes (fr), pour de bon (fr)
• Friulian: une volte par simpri
• Galician: de vez
• Georgian: ერთხელ და სამუდამოდ (ertxel da samudamod)
• German: ein für allemal, ein für alle Mal (de)
• Greek: άπαξ δια παντός (ápax dia pantós)

  Ancient: καθάπαξ (kathápax)

• Hebrew: פעם אחת ולתמיד
• Hungarian: egyszer s mindenkorra
• Italian: una volta per tutte (it)
• Japanese: きっぱりと (ja) (kippari-to), 今度限り (こんどかぎり, kondo-kagiri)
• Latin: semel pro semper
• Latvian: reiz par visām reizēm
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: en gang for alle

  Nynorsk: ein gong for alle

• Polish: raz na zawsze, raz a dobrze, raz a porządnie
• Portuguese: de uma vez por todas
• Romanian: odată pentru totdeauna
• Romansch: ina giada per adina
• Russian: раз и навсегда́ (ru) (raz i navsegdá)
• Spanish: de una vez, de una vez por todas, de una vez para siempre
• Swedish: en gång för alla
• Tagalog: wakasan
• Turkish: nihai olarak, son olarak
• Ukrainian: раз і назавжди́ (raz i nazavždý)