Phrase guide

like it or not

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

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adv

Meaning 1

Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Ellipsis of whether you like it or not.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَاءَ أَمْ أَبَى (šāʔa ʔam ʔabā) — Translations
  • Arabic: شِئْنَا أَمْ أَبَيْنَا (šiʔnā ʔam ʔabaynā) — Translations
  • Arabic: شِئْتُم أَمْ أَبَيْتُمْ (šiʔtum ʔam ʔabaytum) — Translations
  • Cebuano: gusto mo o dili — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 你鍾唔鍾意都好 /你钟唔钟意都好 (nei5 zung1 m4 zung1 ji3 dou1 hou2) — Translations
  • Chinese: 欲抑無欲 /欲抑无欲 (beh a̍h bô-beh / beh á bô-beh / berh á bô-berh) — Translations
  • Chinese: 愛抑無愛 /爱抑无爱 (ài a̍h bô-ài / ài á bô-ài) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不管你喜不喜歡 /不管你喜不喜欢 (bùguǎn nǐ xǐ bù xǐhuān) — Translations
  • Dutch: of je het nu leuk vindt of niet — Translations
  • Finnish: pidät sitä tai et — Translations
  • Finnish: haluatpa sitä tai et — Translations
  • Finnish: pidit sitä tai et — Translations
  • Finnish: halusitpa sitä tai et — Translations
  • French: que tu le veuilles ou non — Translations
  • French: qu'on le veuille ou non — Translations
  • German: ob es nun gefällt oder nicht — Translations
  • Hungarian: akár tetszik, akár nem — Translations
  • Icelandic: nauðugur viljugur — Translations
  • Indonesian: suka atau tidak — Translations
  • Irish: más olc maith leat é — Translations
  • Japanese: 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず (konomu to konomazaru to ni kakawarazu) — Translations
  • Korean: 좋든 싫든 간에 (joteun silteun gane) — Translations
  • Malay: suka atau tidak — Translations
  • Malay: suka tak suka — Translations
  • Polish: chcąc nie chcąc — Translations
  • Portuguese: goste ou não — Translations
  • Russian: нра́вится вам э́то и́ли нет (nrávitsja vam éto íli net) — Translations
  • Spanish: guste o no — Translations
  • Spanish: pese a quien pese — Translations
  • Spanish: mal que te pese — Translations
  • Spanish: lo quieras o no — Translations
  • Swedish: vare sig du vill eller inte — Translations
  • Tagalog: sa gusto mo o hindi — Translations
  • Ukrainian: подо́бається вам це чи ні (podóbajetʹsja vam ce čy ni) — Translations