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English
Pronunciation
Adverb
sooner or later (not comparable)
- (set phrase) Eventually, at some undetermined time in the not-too-distant future.
He’ll turn up sooner or later.
Synonyms
Translations
set phrase; eventually
- Arabic: عَاجِلاً أَم آجِلاً (ʕājilan ʔam ʔājilan), عَاجِلاً أَو آجِلاً (ʕājilan ʔaw ʔājilan), فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمَطَافِ (fī nihāyati l-maṭāfi)
- Armenian: վաղ թե ուշ (vaġ tʻe uš)
- Belarusian: ра́на ці по́зна (rána ci pózna)
- Catalan: tard o d'hora
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 遲早 / 迟早 (ci4 zou2)
- Mandarin: 遲早 / 迟早 (zh) (chízǎo), 早晚 (zh) (zǎowǎn)
- Czech: dříve nebo později, dříve či později
- Danish: før eller senere, før eller siden
- Dutch: vroeg of laat
- Estonian: varem või hiljem
- Finnish: ennemmin tai myöhemmin (fi)
- French: tôt ou tard (fr), à un moment ou à un autre
- Middle French: tost ou tard
- Georgian: ადრე თუ გვიან (adre tu gvian)
- German: früher oder später (de)
- Greek: αργά ή γρήγορα (argá í grígora)
- Hungarian: előbb vagy utóbb, előbb-utóbb (hu)
- Italian: prima o poi, presto o tardi
- Japanese: 遅かれ早かれ (ja) (おそかれはやかれ, osokare-hayakare), 早晩 (ja) (そうばん, sōban)
- Korean: 조만간 (ko) (joman'gan)
- Latin: serius aut citius, serius ocius
- Latvian: agrāk vai vēlāk
- Lithuanian: anksčiau ar vėliau
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: før eller senere, før eller seinere, før eller siden
- Nynorsk: før eller seinare
- Old English: ǣr oþþe lator
- Polish: prędzej czy później (pl)
- Portuguese: mais cedo ou mais tarde
- Romanian: mai devreme sau mai târziu, odată și-odată
- Russian: ра́но и́ли по́здно (ru) (ráno íli pózdno)
- Scottish Gaelic: luath no mall
- Spanish: tarde o temprano (es), a la corta o a la larga
- Swedish: förr eller senare (sv), så småningom (sv)
- Thai: ไม่ช้าก็เร็ว
- Turkish: eninde sonunda (tr), er ya da geç (tr), er geç (tr)
- Ukrainian: ра́но чи пі́зно (ráno čy pízno)
- Vietnamese: sớm muộn (vi), trước sau (vi)
- Welsh: yn hwyr neu'n hwyrach
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