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How does the phrase "to be for the best" translate into Spanish? My first thought was "es para lo mejor", but as this is fairly idiomatic in English I figured the translation might not be that literal.

To be for the best: used to say that a particular event may seem bad now, but might have a good result later: I still don't want him to go but maybe it's for the best.

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I think that the best options are

"Es lo mejor" o "ser lo mejor".

In your example:

No quiero que vaya, pero quizá es lo mejor.

O también

No quiero que vaya, pero quizá sea lo mejor.

No quiero que vaya, pero será lo mejor.

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I would say

Es para mejor.

In WordReference, "for the best" is translated to "para bien", but I have never used it.

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    Es para mejor is just a literal traduction, "es para bien" is the most accurate you could use
    – Luis Carlos
    Nov 20, 2011 at 22:10
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    I disagree. depends on where you are. Here in Chile we use Es para mejor and Es para bien sounds weird.
    – David Lay
    Nov 24, 2011 at 13:48
  • Would 'es para lo mejor' make sense too?
    – Ricky Clarkson
    Nov 24, 2011 at 15:15

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