conquanto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• comquanto (pre-standardization spelling)
• com quanto (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõˈkwɐ̃.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu

Conjunction

conquanto

1. although (in spite of the fact that)

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

   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 282:

     A democracia não está, pois, destinada a morrer como as outras fórmas sociaes que a precederam, e que não foram senão a lenta preparação do seu triumpho, comquanto pareçam as suas inimigas irreconciliaveis.

     Democracy is not, therefore, destined to die like the other forms of society that preceded it, and that were naught but the slow preparation for its triumph, though they seem like its irreconcilable enemies.