Total, que...

The long and short of it is... / Basically... / So anyway...

Conversation Fillers

Notes & Usage:

Used to summarise a long story or situation in a few words. Total, que = basically / so the upshot is. Signals you're getting to the point.

Pasaron muchas cosas; total, que no llegamos a tiempo.

A lot happened; the long and short of it is, we didn't arrive on time.

Total, que al final no fue.

Basically, in the end he didn't go.

Hubo mucho lío; total, que tuvimos que empezar de cero.

There was a lot of chaos; so anyway, we had to start from scratch.

Total, que nadie supo qué decir.

In the end, nobody knew what to say.

Total, que ya sabes cómo termina.

Anyway, you already know how it ends.

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