вопреки
Russian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic въпрѣкы (vŭprěky), from Proto-Slavic *реr-kъ, whose first element comes from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- and is thus cognate with English for
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vəprʲɪˈkʲi]
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Preposition
вопреки́ • (voprekí) (+ dative case)
- in spite of, contrary to
- вопреки́ распространённому мне́нию, лу́чшие рестора́ны Франции нахо́дятся во́все не в Париже
- voprekí rasprostranjónnomu mnéniju, lúčšije restorány Francii naxódjatsja vóvse ne v Pariže
- contrary to popular belief, the best French restaurants are nowhere around Paris
- судьи, вопреки́ прогно́зам ске́птиков, префере́нций хозя́евам не де́лали
- sudʹi, voprekí prognózam sképtikov, preferéncij xozjájevam ne délali
- judges, in spite of the skeptics' forecast, did not favour the owner
Derived terms
- вопреки́ всему́ (voprekí vsemú)
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