Although, even though vs.

despite

Los ejemplos nos muestran que although / even though (aunque) and despite / in spite of (a pesar de o a pesar
de que) se usan de diferente forma:

although, even though, though (+ clause) despite, in spite of (+ verb + -ing)

Even though he's a millionaire, he lives in a very small Despite / in spite of being a millionaire, he lives in a
flat. very small flat.

He lives in a very small flat, even though he's a He lives in a very small flat, despite / in spite of being a
millionaire. millionaire.

Although / even though / though he's much older than Despite / in spite of being much older than the others,
the others, he won the race. he won the race.

He won the race, although / even though /though he's He won the race, despite / in spite of being much older
much older than the others. than the others.

Even though / although / though it rained a lot, I

enjoyed the holiday. Despite / in spite of the rain, I enjoyed the holiday.

Even though / although / though they have a lot of Despite / in spite of their money, they're still not
money, they're still not happy. happy.

Despite, in spite of

Despite the heavy traffic, we got there on time.

Recuerda: In spite of / despite the fact that
Despite being much older than the others, he won the
(a pesar del hecho de que) race.

Despite and in spite of can be followed by a noun or

verb. In spite of / despite the heavy traffic, we got there on
They can also be followed by the fact that, which is time. (+ noun)
less formal. In spite of / despite the traffic being heavy, we got
there on time. (+ verb -ing)
We use in spite of / despite: In spite of / despite the fact that he is much older than
+ noun the others, he won the race.
+ verb + -ing In spite of / despite being much older than the others,
+ the fact that. he won the race.

Despite es más común que in spite of el estilo formal.