be that as it may

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: no contrastant això — nevertheless
• Chinese Mandarin: 儘管如此 — nevertheless
• Chinese Mandarin: 尽管如此 (jǐnguǎn rúcǐ) — nevertheless
• Dutch: hoe dan ook — nevertheless
• Dutch: wat er ook van zij — nevertheless
• Finnish: oli miten oli — nevertheless
• French: quoi qu'il en soit — nevertheless
• French: en tout cas — nevertheless
• French: de toute façon — nevertheless
• German: wie dem auch sei — nevertheless
• Hebrew: אף על פי כן — nevertheless
• Italian: sia quel che sia — nevertheless
• Māori: me aha koa — nevertheless
• Polish: bądź co bądź — nevertheless
• Portuguese: seja como for — nevertheless
• Portuguese: de qualquer forma — nevertheless
• Portuguese: de todo modo — nevertheless
• Russian: как бы то ни́ бы́ло (kak by to ní býlo) — nevertheless
• Russian: будь что бу́дет (budʹ što búdet) — nevertheless
• Spanish: sea como fuere — nevertheless
• Urdu: جو بھی ہو (jo bhī ho) — nevertheless