even though

English

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

even though

1. Although; though; despite or in spite of the fact that.

   She left him even though she still loved him.

   • 1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures:

     I can't remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee even though my wife is godmother to your only child.

2. (archaic) Even if.
   • 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights:

     As it is, I would defend her honor even though I died in that defence.

Usage notes

• Even though is almost identical in meaning with plain though or although; the main difference is that even though is more emphatic, putting stronger emphasis on the contrast between the two clauses it connects.
• Unlike plain though, even though generally only connects clauses; one can typically hear constructions such as, “He is friendly, though quiet”, while “He was friendly, even though quiet” is quite rare.

Synonyms

• (in spite of the fact that): albeit, much as; see also Thesaurus:even though

Translations

although

• Albanian: edhe pse, megjithëse (sq)
• Arabic: بِالرَغْم مِن‎ (bi-r-raḡm min)
• Armenian: չնայած որ (čʿnayac or), չնայած (hy) (čʿnayac)
• Bulgarian: въпреки че (vǎpreki če), макар че (makar če)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 即使 (zh) (jíshǐ), 儘管／尽管 (zh) (jǐnguǎn)

• Czech: i když (cs)
• Danish: selvom (da), selv om, skønt
• Dutch: ook al (nl), ondanks (nl) dat (nl), hoewel (nl)
• Esperanto: malgraŭ (eo) ke (eo)
• Finnish: vaikka (fi), joskin (fi)
• French: bien que (fr), quoique (fr), alors même que, quand bien même (fr)
• Galician: aínda que
• Georgian: მიუხედავად ამისა (miuxedavad amisa), თუმცა (tumca)
• German: obwohl (de)
• Greek: παρ' όλο (el) n (par' ólo)
• Hebrew: אפילו‎ (he) (afilu), על אף‎ (al af)
• Hungarian: noha (hu), jóllehet (hu)
• Icelandic: jafnvel þó
• Ido: mem ke, quankam (io)
• Interlingua: mesmo si (ia)
• Irish: cé go, má
• Italian: nonostante (it), benché (it), anche se
• Japanese: 雖も (iedomo), ...のに (...no ni)
• Javanese: sanadyan (jv), senajan, masiya (jv)
• Khmer: ទោះបីជា (tʊəh bəy cie), ទាំង (km) (teaŋ), ទោះ (km) (tʊəh), នាបី (km) (niebəy), ផង (km) (pʰɑɑŋ), ថ្វីបើ (tvəy baə), ពិតមែន (pɨt mɛɛn)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: tamenetsī
• Latvian: kaut arī
• Macedonian: иако (iako), и покрај тоа што (i pokraj toa što), макар што (makar što), без разлика што (bez razlika što)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: ndi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selv om (no)

  Nynorsk: sjølv om

• Ojibwe: aanawi
• Persian: با این که‎
• Polish: chociaż (pl), mimo że (pl), wprawdzie (pl)
• Portuguese: apesar de que (pt), mesmo se, ainda que
• Romanian: chiar dacă (ro), deși (ro)
• Russian: хотя́ (ru) (xotjá)
• Serbo-Croatian: iako (sh), mada, premda (sh)
• Sinhalese: එසේ නමුදු (esē namudu)
• Slovene: čeprav (sl), kljub temu da
• Spanish: aun cuando, aun si, aunque (es), a pesar de que
• Swedish: fastän (sv), även om (sv)
• Tamil: இருப்பினும் (ta) (iruppiṉum)
• Thai: แม้ว่า (th) (mɛ́ɛ-wâa)
• Vietnamese: dù (vi), mặc dù (vi), dẫu (vi)