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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky), from Proto-Slavic *реr-kъ, whose first element comes from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- and is thus cognate with English for. Cognates include Bulgarian въ́преки (vǎ́preki).
Pronunciation
Preposition
вопреки́ • (voprekí)
- in spite of, contrary to
1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин, “Племяннушка”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Вопреки ожиданиям Петеньки, Порфирий Владимирыч вынес материнское проклятие довольно спокойно и ни на волос не отступил от тех решений, которые, так сказать, всегда готовые сидели в его голове.- Vopreki ožidanijam Petenʹki, Porfirij Vladimiryč vynes materinskoje prokljatije dovolʹno spokojno i ni na volos ne otstupil ot tex rešenij, kotoryje, tak skazatʹ, vsegda gotovyje sideli v jevo golove.
- Contrary to Petenka’s expectations, Porfiry Vladimirych took his mother’s curse quite calmly and budged not the slightest from those decisions which were, so to speak, always at the ready in his mind.
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