apesar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a +‎ pesar, cf. Spanish a pesar de.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.peˈza(ʁ)/ [a.peˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.peˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.peˈza(ʁ)/ [a.peˈza(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.peˈza(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɨˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɨˈza.ɾi/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)

Adverb

apesar

despite, notwithstanding

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:apesar.

Further reading

“apesar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“apesar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026