Meaning of að vísu | Babel Free

Definitions

admittedly, as a matter of fact, actually, certainly, to be sure, mind you signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with en (“but”), stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.

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Examples

“Ég hef reynt að vísu að láta hann sofa í sínu eigin rúmi, en hann vaknar yfirleitt eftir nokkrar mínútur.”

I have actually tried to let him sleep in his own bed, but he usually wakes up after a few minutes.

“Hann fékk að vísu sveppasýkingu en það kom klútunum ekkert við. Ég skipti bara um bossakrem og þá hvarf það.”

He did get a fungal infection, mind you, but it had nothing to do with the nappies. I just changed his nappy cream and it disappeared.

CEFR level