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seppur

even if

conjunction sep-POOR Rare
Grammar & Structure Conjunctions

Origin: Contraction of se pure (if even/even if).

Also means

even though

Usage Note

Seppur is a contracted literary or formal variant of sebbene, anche se, or se pure, meaning 'even if' or 'albeit'. It is typically followed by an adjective or past participle in an elliptical construction: un risultato seppur parziale (a result, albeit partial). It appears mostly in written and formal speech; in conversation anche se is preferred.

Examples

"È un progresso, seppur lento, molto apprezzato."

Natural Translation

It is progress, albeit slow, very much appreciated.

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