todavia
Portuguese, adverb/ˌto.daˈvi.ɐ/
todavia is spelled T-O-D-A-V-I-A (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Todavia is a Portuguese adverb meaning “in spite of what preceded; nevertheless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does todavia mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in spite of what preceded; nevertheless
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. mas, contudo, entretanto, porém, no entanto, ainda assim
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce todavia?
- Brazil /ˌto.daˈvi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌto.dɐˈvi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ˌto.ðɐˈvi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is todavia in Portuguese?
todavia appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).