in spite of | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Despite,irrespectiveof,notwithstanding.Synonyms:(obsolete)maugre,regardless of;see alsoThesaurus:despite1898, Henry James,The Turn of the Screw, Courier Dover Publications, published1991,→ISBN, page72:No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one;in spite ofwhich—andin spitealsoofthe deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness.1956March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page167:The railway is still vital toJordan's export trade, butin spite ofthe poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.

Examples:

EN: They decide without hesitation and in spite of the danger to descend into the interior of the great crater in which they disappear one-by-one whilst the snowstorm is still raging.
ES: Deciden, sin titubear y a pesar del peligro, descender al interior de un gran cráter.
EN: You know well that I could not stop loving you in spite of my marriage.
ES: Ud. sabe bien que no puedo dejar de amarlo a pesar de mi matrimonio.
EN: Eve, my dear, I can't transfer my pain into a new work and in spite of my promise to smother my burning love, I have harrowing doubts...
ES: Eve, querida, no puedo trasladar mi dolor a una obra nueva y a pesar de mi promesa de apagar mi ardiente amor, tengo dudas desgarradoras...
EN: "But there is one crown, one thing without stain, in spite of doom mine own, that I bear away to God!"
ES: "Pero hay una cosa, algo que inmaculado," meteré en un arrullo y me llevará para siempre."
EN: Would you like to go to a Ball and have fun in spite of all the comrades?
ES: ? Quiere usted ir hoy al baile y divertirse, pésele a quien le pese?
EN: Within a week, Riccardi's shop boasted real Romanoff nobility, and in spite of her mishap at Brandt's Tessie felt that her feet were now firmly set on the ladder of fortune.
ES: Al cabo de una semana, la tienda de Riccardi contaba con la verdadera nobleza Romanoff y, a pesar de su percance en los almacenes Brandt, Tessie sintió que sus pies ascendían la escalera que lleva a la fortuna.
EN: Do not let your convictions rob you, in spite of what happens! ".
ES: ¡No dejéis que os roben vuestras convicciones, a pesar de lo que pase!"
EN: My dear Nana, I am pleased to say... that I am feeling almost well again in spite of the way in which I miss...
ES: Mi querida Nana: Me alegro de poder decir que me encuentro casi recuperada a pesar de lo que echo de menos a John y a los niños.
EN: He would go - in spite of what we had - seen.
ES: "Él iría - a pesar de lo que nosotros habíamos - visto."
EN: We're behind the lines, but we know how to honour the soldier... who goes on in spite of blood and death.
ES: Estamos detrás de las líneas, pero sabemos cómo honrar al soldado... que sigue adelante a pesar de la sangre y la muerte.
EN: -She will in spite of you.
ES: -Lo hará igual.
EN: And we'll be happy, the two of us, in spite of the devil.
ES: Y seremos felices, a pesar del demonio.
EN: You know, in spite of its commonness, it's quite difficult!
ES: ¡Ud. sabe, a pesar de ser muy común, es bastante difícil!
EN: And that in spite of all precautions .. She will recognize the man who seized her.
ES: Y eso a pesar de todas las precauciones... ella reconocerá al hombre que la encerró.
EN: I am going to make a man of Lem Tustine in spite of you!
ES: ¡Haré un hombre de Lem Tustine a pesar de Ud.!

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