quando muito

Portuguese

Adverb

quando muito (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) at best; if at all.
    Um sujeito reservado, fala quando muito por obrigação.
    A reserved guy, he speaks because he’s obliged, if at all.
    • 1878, Machado de Assis, O Machete (short story):
      Tocava a rabeca para os outros, o violoncelo para si, quando muito para sua velha mãe.
      He played the fiddle for others, the cello for himself, or at best for his old mother.
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