въпреки

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

въ́прѣки (vǎ́prěki) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky), from въ (vŭ, “in”) + прѣкꙑ (prěky, “across”), from Proto-Slavic *реr-kъ, whose first element comes from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- and is thus cognate with English for. Cognates include Russian вопреки́ (voprekí) (borrowed from the same Old Church Slavonic word), Bulgarian пря́ко (prjáko, “straight”), and Russian поперёк (poperjók, “across”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɤprɛkʲi]

Preposition

въ́преки • (vǎ́preki)

in spite of, despite, notwithstanding, contrary to

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