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Despite that; however.
adverbio
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Despite that; however.
I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.
So they got married. That, though, was not the end of the story.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
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Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
"Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
Etimología
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.
conjunción
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Despite the fact that; although.
Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance.
Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness.
Actual perpetrators though they were, the criminals never admitted it in court.
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
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arcaicoIf, that, even if.
We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.
And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.
"Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two."
Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
verbo
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Variante de thoughtMisspelling of thought.