fin dove

Italian[edit]

Literally, “up to where”.

(+ ind. or subj.) until the point at which; as far as
lavoro fin dove sia possibile ― I will work as much as I can (literally, “as far as is possible”)
up to which point; to what extent; how far
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 25, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
  ... Mubarak continuò a fare resistenza, saggiando fin dove poteva arrivare con le intimidazioni contro i contestatori.
  ... Mubarak remained defiant, testing how far he could go in intimidating the protesters.
  (literally, “... Mubarak continued to resist, testing how far he could get with the intimidations against the protestors.”)