Quick question about spanish

[learningtoneopet1]

I'm not fluent, but can hold a decent conversation; however, I'm kind of stuck on what to do in this one situation. In school, I learned that A pesar de roughly translates to "in spite of". If I want to use it in a conversation though, would I need to conjugate "pesar"? Or would that change the meaning of the idiomatic expression? Por ejemplo: Would it be... A pesar de todo, conozco m�s espa�ol que mi familia. Do you ever conjugate the verb if it's in an idiomatic expression?

[Zachafer]

Usually you throw an infinitive or subjective verb after a pesar de.

a pesar de todo is correct in your ejemplo

[fruitbat]

i cant think of any time somebody conjugates the verb of an idiomatic expression in spanish

[Skarl]

i cant think of any time somebody conjugates the verb of an idiomatic expression in spanish

Neither can I... (no hay de que not included).

[learningtoneopet1]

Alright thanks guys I've never conjugated a verb in an idiomatic expression, and was wondering today whether that was actually correct!