empero

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish empero. According to Coromines and Pascual, a compound of Old Spanish en (therefore), variant of ende + pero (however), correspondingly from Latin inde and per hoc. Attested since the mid-13th century in texts such as Libro de Alexandre and Calila e Dimna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emˈpeɾo/ [ẽmˈpe.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: em‧pe‧ro

Adverb

empero

  1. (formal) however, nevertheless

Verb

empero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of emperar

Further reading

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