1944 / 4988

En resumidas cuentas

In short / To sum up / Bottom line

Conversation Fillers
Notes & Usage:

Used to summarise a longer explanation or story. More formal than total or en fin but common in both speech and writing.

See It in Context

En resumidas cuentas, el proyecto fracasó.

In short, the project failed.

Hubo muchos problemas. En resumidas cuentas, no salió bien.

There were many problems. To sum up, it didn't go well.

—¿Cómo fue? —En resumidas cuentas, un desastre.

—How did it go? —Bottom line, a disaster.