malgrado

Meaning

Noun

displeasure (feeling of being displeased)

Conj

although; in spite of

Concepts

while

despite

Synonyms

embora

apesar de

não obstante

Translations

malgrado

benché

tandis que

aunque

malgrat

ενώ

bien que

malgré

quoique

con

ئهگهرچی

rağmen

obwohl

αν και

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mawˈɡɾa.du/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: grātum

Cognate with Catalan: malgrat

Cognate with French: malgré

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese mal(o) + grado, which stems from Latin grātum (see grātus (“pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome”)). Compare Catalan malgrat and French malgré.