azért is

Hungarian

Etymology

From azért, causal-final singular of az (“that”), and is (“also, even”), literally “for that as well” or, loosely, “even in that case”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒzeːrt ˌiʃ]

Phrase

azért is

  1. despite everything, in any case, anyway
    De azért is kipróbálom. ― But I’ll try it out anyway.
    Csak azért is! ― Do it anyway!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see azért,‎ is.

Usage notes

  • The idiomatic sense of azért is is more emphatic than adverbial azért (“anyway, regardless”), and is not generally given a comparable low intonation.
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