aunque
Spanish
Alternative forms
- anque (Americanism)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaunke/ [ˈãũŋ.ke]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aunke
- Syllabification: aun‧que
Conjunction
aunque
- though, although, even though, albeit
- even if, irrespective of (followed by subjunctive verb form)
- Mañana me voy aunque llueva.
- I'm leaving tomorrow even if it rains.
- Aunque se dé cuenta de que todavía no he hecho lo que pidió, espero que no se enoje. No es que no sepa que ya tengo muchas otras cosas que hacer.
- Even if he realizes I still haven't done what he asked, I hope he doesn't get upset. It's not like he doesn't know that I already have a lot of other things to do.
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Descendants
Further reading
- “aunque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024