English-Spanish translations for for all intents and purposes

• a todos los efectos
  ¿Tenemos que considerar que, a todos los efectos, ha surgido ahora una Europa de tres velocidades? Are we to consider that, for all intents and purposes, a three-speed Europe has now emerged?
  Tenemos que asegurarnos de que esta minoría está reconocida como minoría europea a todos los efectos. We need to ensure that this minority is recognised as a European minority for all intents and purposes.
  Además, el ovino y el caprino se cría en zonas que, a todos los efectos, son inadecuadas para cualquier otra actividad agrícola. Furthermore, sheep and goats are raised in areas that are, for all intents and purposes, unsuitable for any other farming activity.

Definition of for all intents and purposes

• For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect

Examples

• For all intents and purposes the case is closed.
• This treaty, for all intents and purposes, is no longer viable.

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