malgrado
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mal‧grà‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/malˈɡra.do/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin male grātus (“ungrateful”). By surface analysis, mal(e) + grado. Cognate with Catalan malgrat and French malgré. Compare di buongrado and the borrowing grato.
Related words
a dispetto di
ciò nonostante
contrariamente a
senza badare
rammaricamento
dispiacenza
dispiacimento
spiacenza
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