one way or another

English

Alternative forms

• one way or other, one way or the other

Pronunciation

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Adverb

one way or another (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. By any means possible.

   Synonym: by hook or by crook

   • 1978, Debbie Harry, Nigel Harrison, “One Way or Another”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:

     One way or another, I'm going to find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya

2. In a way that is not stated or known; somehow.

   Synonym: somehow or other

Translations

by any means possible

• Arabic: بِطَرِيقَةٍ أَو بِأُخرَى

  Tunisian Arabic: هَكَّة وِالَا هَكَّة

• Bulgarian: по един или друг начин (po edin ili drug način), така или иначе (taka ili inače)
• Catalan: sigui com vulgui, de tronc o de bronc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不顧一切 / 不顾一切 (zh) (bùgùyīqiè), 無論如何 / 无论如何 (zh) (wúlùnrúhé), 不管怎樣 / 不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)

• Dutch: linksom of rechtsom
• Finnish: tavalla tai toisella
• French: d'une manière ou d'une autre (fr), d'une façon ou d'une autre (fr)
• Galician: dun xeito ou outro
• German: auf die eine oder andere Art, so oder so
• Greek: ούτως ή άλλως (el) (oútos í állos), έτσι κι αλλιώς (el) (étsi ki alliós)
• Italian: in un modo o nell'altro
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tak czy inaczej
• Romanian: într-un fel sau altul
• Russian: так и́ли ина́че (ru) (tak íli ináče)
• Scottish Gaelic: mar siud no mar seo, a dh'olc no a dh'èiginn
• Spanish: de un modo u otro, por h o por b
• Swedish: på ett sätt eller ett annat, på ett eller annat sätt, på ett eller ett annat sätt
• Turkish: öyle ya da böyle
• Ukrainian: так чи іна́кше (tak čy inákše)

in a way that is not stated or known

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不知何故 (bùzhī hégù), 不知怎樣 / 不知怎样 (bùzhī zěnyàng), 以某種方式 / 以某种方式 (yǐ mǒuzhǒng fāngshì)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tavalla tai toisella

References

• “one way or another”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.