"Apesar de ter sono, a mulher lê o livro."

Translation: Despite feeling sleepy, the woman reads the book.

[melesana]

I don't say despite. I say in spite of.

[AGA67427]

Yea, both should be accepted. I go it wrong for saying in spite of.

[Lingodingle]

I wholly agree with you, and it was a given definition in the drop-down answers.

[isaontheway]

If "though" is correct, then why isn't "although"??

[opensas]

Same thing here...

[PiNgtime]

Is this a contextual based thing? If not I suspect there is some correction warranted here. 'Ter' = to have, yet the word 'feeling' is employed.