zwar

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber (“but”), stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.
  2. namely
  3. Intensifies a request or command.

Frecuencia

A2
Dialectos

Cantón de Zúric

Cantón de Zúric

zwar

Basilea-Campo

Basilea-Campo

zwoor

Cantón de Lucerna

Cantón de Lucerna

zwar

Datos proporcionados por: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/tsvaːr/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle High German zwāre, contraction of ze wāre (“verily, indeed”), from Old High German zi wāre (8th c.). Equivalent to zu + wahr. The concessive use developed first in cognate Middle Low German twâre. Compare Czech sice.

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