posto que
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “put/given that”. Compare Spanish puesto que.
Pronunciation
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Conjunction
edit- although; in spite of
- (sometimes proscribed) because, given that
- 1939, Vinicius de Moraes, Soneto de Fidelidade:
- (...)
Eu possa me dizer do amor (que tive):
Que não seja imortal, posto que é chama
Mas que seja infinito enquanto dure.- (...)
I'll be able to say to myself of the love (I had):
Be not immortal, since it is flame
But be infinite while it lasts.
- (...)