zwar

Significado (Inglês)

  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.

Freqüência

A2
Dialetos

Zurique

Zurique

zwar

Basileia-Campo

Basileia-Campo

zwoor

Lucerna

Lucerna

zwar

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/tsvaːr/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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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