"At the most"

Question

What is the best way to express "At the most". According to Reverse Context, you can say 'Como mucho' or 'a lo sumo', so I was curious as to which one is most common and if they are identical. Thanks!

Answer 1

Philsjwfu:

context.reverso.net gives you the frequency of each use based on their data bank of hundreds of thousands of sentences.

You just enter - at the most - and then you are shown 1578 full sentences in English and Spanish, along with the frequency, from most frequent to least, of the Spanish translation.

Translation of "at the most" in Spanish (in order of frequency)

1. como mucho
2. a lo sumo
3. a lo más
4. como máximo
5. cuando mucho
6. a lo mucho
7. en el momento más
8. en la más

Answer 2

I would say that those are identical, but it would be good if you could provide us with further context.

Thanks, it occurred to me last night when I was driving and I always have fake Spanish conversations in my head, but I don't remember the context of what I was trying to say. I'll post if it it comes back to me, thanks! - philsjwfu, Aug 23, 2017

Phil: I like the "fake Spanish conversations in my head" Do you speak the words out loud to yourself if you are alone? I do that and its a good way to practice talking without long pauses to think of the right word. - DilKen, Aug 23, 2017