Phrase guide

in spite of

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

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prep

Meaning 1

Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: maugre, regardless of, despite, with, for all, irrespective of, notwithstanding, in spite of, without considering, without regard for

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَغْم أَنَّ (raḡm ʔanna) — despite
  • Arabic: رُغْم أَنَّ (ruḡm ʔanna) — despite
  • Arabic: بِالرَّغْمِ مِن (bi-r-raḡm min) — despite
  • Arabic: عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِن (ʕalā r-raḡmi min) — despite
  • Arabic: راغم ان (raḡm en) — despite
  • Arabic: وخا (waḵḵa) — despite
  • Armenian: չնայած (čʻnayac) — despite
  • Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) — despite
  • Belarusian: нягле́дзячы на (njahljédzjačy na) — despite
  • Belarusian: наперако́р (napjerakór) — despite
  • Bulgarian: въпреки (vǎpreki) — despite
  • Bulgarian: напук (napuk) — despite
  • Catalan: malgrat — despite
  • Catalan: tot i — despite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儘管 /尽管 (jǐnguǎn) — despite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不顧 /不顾 (bùgù) — despite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不管 (bùguǎn) — despite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 任憑 /任凭 (rènpíng) — despite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 即使 (jíshǐ) — despite
  • Czech: přes — despite
  • Czech: vzdor — despite
  • Czech: navzdory — despite
  • Danish: på trods af — despite
  • Danish: til trods for — despite
  • Dutch: ondanks — despite
  • Esperanto: malgraŭ — despite
  • Finnish: huolimatta — despite
  • French: malgré — despite
  • French: en dépit de — despite
  • French: bien que — despite
  • Georgian: მიუხედავად (miuxedavad) — despite
  • German: trotz — despite
  • Greek: παρά (pará) — despite
  • Hebrew: למרות (lamrot) — despite
  • Hungarian: ellenére — despite
  • Hungarian: annak ellenére, hogy... — despite
  • Hungarian: dacára — despite
  • Hungarian: dacára, hogy... — despite
  • Icelandic: þrátt fyrir — despite
  • Irish: d’ainneoin — despite
  • Irish: in ainneoin — despite
  • Irish: ainneoin — despite
  • Italian: nonostante — despite
  • Italian: sebbene — despite
  • Italian: malgrado — despite
  • Japanese: 〜にもかかわらず (-nimo kakawarazu) — despite
  • Korean: 에도 불구하고 (-e-do bulguhago) — despite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: til tross for — despite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tross — despite
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trass — despite
  • Persian: با وجود (bâ vojud-e) — despite
  • Persian: با اینکه (bâ in-ke) — despite
  • Persian: علی رغم (alâ raġm-e) — despite
  • Polish: mimo — despite
  • Polish: pomimo — despite
  • Polish: wbrew — despite
  • Portuguese: a despeito de — despite
  • Portuguese: apesar de — despite
  • Romanian: cu toate că — despite
  • Romanian: în ciuda — despite
  • Russian: несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) — despite
  • Russian: вопреки́ (voprekí) — despite
  • Serbo-Croatian: упркос — despite
  • Serbo-Croatian: uprkos — despite
  • Slovak: napriek — despite
  • Lower Sorbian: mimo — despite
  • Spanish: a pesar de — despite
  • Spanish: pese a — despite
  • Spanish: no obstante — despite
  • Swedish: trots — despite
  • Tagalog: sa kabila ng — despite
  • Turkish: karşın — despite
  • Turkish: rağmen — despite
  • Ukrainian: незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) — despite
  • Ukrainian: невважа́ючи на (nevvažájučy na) — despite
  • Ukrainian: по́при (pópry) — despite
  • Ukrainian: ми́мо (mýmo) — despite