por hoy or para hoy?

Question

The only post on this apparently was nearly 4 years ago. It was looked at 11,000 times but was not conclusive. So how do you say "that's all for today" (or tonight/ this week etc); is it por hoy or para hoy?

there was more than one - this is the earliest http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/236393/es-todo-por-hoy-v.-es-todo-para-hoy but no clear answer. para seems more for a deadline - Mardle, Jun 13, 2016

gracias Mardle por su ayuda y su intento (yo sé que "por" es correcta en esta frase) .. - t8805jg, Jun 13, 2016

We've had so many threads on this one. It's like Julian said, "This could go on forever. I hope they have helped you. This thread is closed. - rac1, Jun 13, 2016

Answer 1

I found this on wordreference:

Would you say 'es todo por hoy' or 'es todo para hoy'
I'd say 'para'.....am I going to win this argument?
gracias

Las dos construcciones son posibles en español, pero significan cosas distintas.

• (esto) es todo por hoy : ya no hay nada más que hacer hoy.

• (esto) es todo para hoy: todo esto es para hacerlo hoy. Esta segunda frase, es más normal así: "todo esto es para hoy"

and here is a link to one of the threads on Spanish dict which I agree lacked a definitive answer - perhaps Rey_Mysterio will post a follow up.

earlier post

Wonderful! I wanted to answer this, but couldn't think of how to say it. Wow! - Daniela2041, Jun 13, 2016

Answer 2

(esto) es todo por hoy : ya no hay nada más que hacer hoy.

es para hacerlo hoy. Esta segunda frase, es más normal así: "todo esto es para hoy(esto) es todo para hoy: todo esto "

This is a grammatical argument that could go on forever, but in the end the preposition in both cases refers to hacer (even if not spoken) and not to hoy. It´s really a matter preference and possibly regionalism. When I was a kid I always heard por in this case, so it´s my preferrence, but you can have your own and still be correct either way.

We can also say: Te amo para / por siempre. Both are correct and mean the same.