like it or not

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of whether you like it or not.

Adverb

like it or not

1. (informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.

Translations

Translations

• Cebuano: gusto mo o dili
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 你鍾唔鍾意都好／你钟唔钟意都好 (nei⁵ zung¹ m⁴ zung¹ ji³ dou¹ hou²)

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 不管你喜不喜歡／不管你喜不喜欢 (bùguǎn nǐ xǐ bù xǐhuān)

• Finnish: pidät sitä tai et, haluatpa sitä tai et (of a future or occurring event), pidit sitä tai et, halusitpa sitä tai et (of a past event)
• French: que tu le veuilles ou non, qu’on le veuille ou non
• Hungarian: akár tetszik, akár nem, ha tetszik, ha nem, tetszik vagy sem
• Indonesian: suka atau tidak
• Japanese: 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず (このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず, konomu to konomazaru to ni kakawarazu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: suka atau tidak, suka tak suka (colloquial)
• Polish: chcąc nie chcąc (pl)
• Portuguese: goste ou não
• Russian: нра́вится вам э́то и́ли нет (nrávitsja vam éto íli net)
• Spanish: guste o no, pese a quien pese, mal que te pese
• Tagalog: sa gusto mo o hindi
• Ukrainian: подо́бається вам це чи ні (podóbajetʹsja vam ce čy ni)

See also

• believe it or not
• willy-nilly

Further reading

• “whether you like it or not” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “whether you like it or not” (US) / “whether you like it or not” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “whether you like it or not”, in Collins English Dictionary.