or else

English

otherwise or as an alternative
Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i:
  He shall do this, or else I do recant / The pardon that I late pronounced here.
(idiomatic) no matter what (implies an unspecified threat)
Clean up your room, or else!

as an alternative

Arabic: بِطَرِيقَة أُخْرَى‎ (bi-ṭarīqa ʾuḵrā), وَإِلَّا‎ (wa-ʾillā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 要不然 (zh) (yàobùrán), 要不 (zh) (yàobù), 不然 (zh) (bùrán), 否則 (zh), 否则 (zh) (fǒuzé)
Estonian: või muidu, vastasel juhul
Finnish: tai muuten
French: sinon (fr)
Georgian: თუარადა (tuarada), თორემ (torem)
German: sonst (de), anders (de), andernfalls (de)
Greek: ειδάλλως (el) (eidállos)
Hebrew: אוֹ שֶׁ‎ (o she)

Hungarian: vagy pedig, máskülönben (hu), különben (hu), ellenkező esetben
Icelandic: annars (is), ella (is)
Japanese: そうでなければ (sō dewa nakereba), 或いは (ja) (あるいは, arui-wa), もしくは (ja) (moshiku-wa), さもないと (samonai-to)
Lithuanian: arba, nes kitaip
Norwegian: ellers (no), hvis ikke
Persian: وگرنه‎ (vagarna)
Portuguese: senão (pt), caso contrário
Russian: ина́че (ru) (ináče), и́наче (ru) (ínače), а то (ru) (a to), а не то́ (ru) (a ne tó) (also a threat), в проти́вном слу́чае (v protívnom slúčaje)
Swedish: annars (sv), annars så...

no matter what

Dutch: of anders
Hungarian: mert ha nem(, akkor baj lesz), (mert) különben (megnéz het ed magad) (and other combinations of the two phrases)
Portuguese: senão (pt)

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