comoquiera

Spanish

Alternative forms

• como quiera

Etymology

Univerbation of como +‎ quiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkomoˈkjeɾa/ [ˌko.moˈkje.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: co‧mo‧quie‧ra

Adverb

comoquiera

1. anyhow; however; any which way
   • 2019 October 28, Francisco J. Laporta, “Cataluña: la independencia imposible”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid, →ISSN:

     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, →ISSN:

     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.

Further reading

• “comoquiera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “comoquiera” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN