punto e basta
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “period and that's it”.
Adverb
[edit]- period
- io non lo voglio, punto e basta!
- I don't want it, period!
- plain and simple
- sei sfaticato, punto e basta
- you're lazy, plain and simple
- and that's that
- 1990, Ernest Hemingway, translated by Ettore Capriolo, Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises], Mondadori:
- Io non potrei mai venire, punto e basta.
- I couldn't go, that would be all.