comoquiera
Spanish
Etymology
Univerbation of como + quiera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkomoˈkjeɾa/ [ˌko.moˈkje.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: co‧mo‧quie‧ra
Adverb
comoquiera
- anyhow; however; any which way
- Alternative forms: como quiera, comoquier
- 2019 October 28, Francisco J. Laporta, “Cataluña: la independencia imposible”, in El País[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 August 2026:
- Comoquiera que la nacionalidad no es un estatus que se pueda imponer a nadie, la Cataluña independiente sería el primer Estado de la historia con más de la mitad de sus habitantes “extranjeros”, […]
- However citizenship is not a status that can be imposed on anyone, an independent Catalonia would be the first state in History with more than half of its inhabitants being "foreigners", […]
- 2020 July 17, Ramón Andrés, “Spinoza superstar”, in El País[2], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 August 2026:
- Comoquiera que recriminó a Spinoza que era impropio de su inquietud no tener un latín fluido, le sugirió que su hija, Clara María, se convirtiera en su maestra.
- However he criticised Spinoza that not being fluent in Latin was inadequate for his interests, he suggested his daughter Clara Maria to become his teacher.
Derived terms
- comoquiera que
Further reading
- “comoquiera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
- “comoquiera”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN