pese a quien pese

Spanish

Adverb

pese a quien pese

1. (idiomatic) by all means, by any reckoning
2. (idiomatic) like it or not

Further reading

• “pese a quien pese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10