total

/toˈtal/ · A2 · adv

basically, so, in short

🧮 Same word as English total: summing it all up = so, in short

From Latin totus (whole), the same root as English total. As an adverb, Spanish speakers say it to add up everything just said and give the bottom line: Total, no fuimos = So, in short, we did not go.

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