for all practical purposes

• Frase utilizada para indicar que algo es efectivamente verdadero o válido en la práctica, aunque estrictamente o en teoría no lo sea.

A phrase used to indicate that something is effectively true or valid in real-world terms, even if not strictly or theoretically so.

1. Effectively or essentiallyB2formal

   Used to indicate that something is true in effect, even if not strictly or technically so.

   a todos los efectos prácticos

   • For all practical purposes, the project is finished.
   • The old law is, for all practical purposes, obsolete.
   • For all practical purposes, they are identical.