Phrase guide

agree to disagree

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To accept each other's opinions and cease arguing; to peacefully acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • I know we’re never going to agree on the merits of vegetarianism, so let’s agree to disagree, shall we?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 求同存異 /求同存异 (qiútóngcúnyì) — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Dutch: agree to disagree — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Esperanto: konsenti malkonsenti — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Finnish: sopia siitä, että ollaan eri mieltä — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Hebrew: הסכים שלא להסכים (hiskim shelo l'haskim) — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Indonesian: sepakat untuk tidak setuju — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Indonesian: setuju untuk tidak setuju — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Polish: respektować odmienne zdanie — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Portuguese: concordar em discordar — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: para ti la perra gorda — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: acordar discrepar — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: ponerse de acuerdo con estar en desacuerdo — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: concordar discordar — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: concurrir en descordar — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: quedar en desacordar — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: convenir en desconvenir — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: ponerse acorde con estar desacorde — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing
  • Spanish: ponerse concorde con estar discorde — tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing