empero

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish empero. According to Coromines and Pascual, a compound of Old Spanish en (“therefore”), variant of ende + pero (“however”), correspondingly from Latin inde and per hoc. Attested since the mid-13th century in texts such as Libro de Alexandre and Calila e Dimna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈpeɾo/ [ẽmˈpe.ɾo] Rhymes: -eɾo Syllabification: em‧pe‧ro === Adverb === empero (formal) however, nevertheless Synonyms: sin embargo, no obstante === Verb === empero first-person singular present indicative of emperar === Further reading === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “pero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 496 “empero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025