as long as

English

Conjunction

as long as

1. Used other than as an idiom: see as,‎ long,‎ as.
2. (idiomatic) if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).

   I don't mind if he stays there, as long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.

   I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me — Backstreet Boys:As Long As You Love Me

3. (idiomatic) while, since.

   As long as you're here, you may as well help me with the garden.

Translations

if, assuming

• Arabic: طالما (ar) (Taalamaa)
• Catalan: sempre que (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 只要 (cmn) (zhǐyào)

• Dutch: zolang (nl), mits (nl)
• Finnish: kunhan vain (fi), kun kerran (fi), niin kauan kuin (fi)
• French: pour peu que (fr), du moment que (fr), pourvu que (fr)
• Georgian: მანამ (ka) (manam)

• German: solange (de)
• Greek: εφόσον (el) (efóson)
• Hebrew: כל עוד (he) (kol 'od)
• Japanese: ...限り (ja) (...かぎり, ...kagiri)
• Macedonian: сè додека (mk) (se dódeka)
• Portuguese: se (pt), contanto (pt)
• Russian: если (ru) (jésli), если только (ru) (jesli tól′ko), в то время как (ru) (v to vrémja kak)
• Spanish: siempre y cuando (es)

while

• Arabic: عندما (ar) (3indámaa), بينما (ar) (baynámaa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...的時候 (cmn), ...的时候 (cmn) (...de shíhou), 當 (cmn), 当 (cmn) (dāng)

• Czech: zatímco (cs)
• Dutch: zolang (nl)
• Finnish: niin kauan kuin (fi)
• French: pendant que (fr), tant que (fr), tandis que (fr)
• Georgian: სადამდეც (ka) (sadamdec’)
• German: solange (de), während (de)
• Greek: όσο (el) (óso)
• Italian: mentre (it)

• Japanese: ...間に (ja) (...あいだに, ...aida-ni), ...時に (ja) (...ときに, ...toki-ni)
• Korean: 하는 동안 (ko) (haneun dong-an)
• Latin: quoad (la)
• Norwegian: medan (no) (Nynorsk), mens (no) (Bokmål)
• Polish: podczas (pl)
• Romanian: în timp ce (ro)
• Russian: пока (ru) (poká), покуда (ru) (pokúda), до тех пор пока (ru) (do tex pór poka), в то время как (ru) (v to vrémja kak)
• Serbo-Croatian: док (sh), dok (sh)
• Spanish: mientras que (es), siempre y cuando (es)
• Swedish: medan (sv)

Synonyms

• so long as