malgrado

malgrado

1. despite

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.

• IPA^(key): /malˈɡra.do/
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: mal‧grà‧do

(mio, tuo, suo, etc.) malgrado

1. despite (oneself, etc.)

malgrado

1. in spite of, despite

malgrado

1. even though, although

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

malgrado m (plural malgrados)

1. displeasure (feeling of being displeased)

   Synonyms: desprazer, desgosto

malgrado

1. although; in spite of

   Synonyms: embora, apesar de, não obstante, a despeito de

   Ele partiu, malgrado as súplicas de seu pai para que ficasse.

   He left, despite his father's pleas for him to stay.

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

Inherited from Old Spanish mal(o) + grado, which stems from Latin grātum (see grātus (“pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome”)).

• IPA^(key): /malˈɡɾado/ [malˈɣ̞ɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: mal‧gra‧do

malgrado

1. although; in spite of

   Synonyms: a pesar de, pese a, no obstante, maguer