malgré
Meanings
Preposition
1. despite, in spite of
2. against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest (with a pronoun)
Examples107
Maman dit que malgré les épreuves il faut continuer à sourire.
Mum says that despite the trials we must continue to smile.
Je laisse aller ce que j'ai tant aimé, malgré mon cœur qui cogne et s'ouvrait.
I let go that which I loved so much, despite my heart which knocks and opens.
Je le fais malgré vous.
I'm doing it in spite of you.
Je le fais malgré toi.
I'm doing it in spite of you.
Elle le prit malgré tout son argent.
She took him for all his money.
Malgré mon conseil, il ne changera pas d'avis.
He will not change his mind in spite of my advice.