Aunque el pomelo me resulta un poco amargo, me lo tomo igual porque me encanta su olor.

Aunque means although / even though.

In this sentence, aunque el pomelo me resulta un poco amargo presents a real, accepted fact: the speaker really does find grapefruit a bit bitter. Because it is treated as factual, Spanish uses the indicative: resulta.

A very useful contrast is:

• Aunque es amargo... = although it is bitter
• Aunque sea amargo... = even if it is bitter

So here, aunque + indicative fits because the bitterness is not hypothetical.

Resultar here means something like to seem / to strike someone as / to come across as.

So:

• El pomelo es amargo = grapefruit is bitter
• El pomelo me resulta amargo = grapefruit tastes/seems bitter to me

Using me resulta makes it more subjective. The speaker is not making a general scientific statement about grapefruit; they are giving their personal impression.

You could also compare:

• me parece amargo = it seems bitter to me
• me resulta amargo = it comes across as bitter to me

Both are possible, but resultar sounds very natural in this kind of statement.

Because amargo agrees with el pomelo, and pomelo is a masculine noun.

So:

• el pomelo
• un pomelo amargo
• me resulta amargo

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would change:

• la naranja amarga

Adjectives in Spanish usually match the noun in gender and number.

Me lo tomo comes from the verb tomarse.

Breakdown:

• me = for myself / I
• lo = it
• tomo = I take / I drink / I have

So me lo tomo means something like:

• I have it
• I drink it
• I take it

depending on context.

In this sentence, lo refers back to el pomelo. In real life, that could mean the speaker eats the grapefruit, drinks grapefruit juice, or simply consumes it in whatever form is being discussed.

The me often adds the idea that the action is done by the speaker for themself, and with food/drink it is extremely common in Spanish:

• Me como una manzana = I eat an apple
• Me tomo un café = I have a coffee

Because they do two different jobs.

• lo = the direct object, it
• me = an indirect/reflexive-style pronoun often used with verbs like tomarse, comerse, etc.

So:

• Lo tomo = I take it / I drink it
• Me lo tomo = I have it / I drink it

With food and drink, Spanish often prefers the version with me because it sounds natural and idiomatic.

It does not mean the same as English I take it to myself word-for-word. It is just a common Spanish way of talking about consuming something.

In Spain, tomar is very common for having food or drink.

Examples:

• Tomo café por la mañana = I have coffee in the morning
• Vamos a tomar algo = let’s go have something
• Me tomo una sopa = I have a soup

So me lo tomo sounds very natural in Peninsular Spanish.

If you wanted to be more specific, you might also hear:

• me lo como if it is clearly a fruit you eat
• me lo bebo if it is clearly juice

But me lo tomo works very well as a general verb of consumption.

Correct: here igual means anyway / all the same / still.

So:

• me lo tomo igual = I have it anyway / I still have it

This is a very common use in Spanish.

Examples:

• Está lloviendo, pero voy igual = It’s raining, but I’m going anyway
• No me gusta mucho, pero lo haré igual = I don’t like it much, but I’ll do it anyway

So in this sentence, igual shows contrast: it tastes a bit bitter, but the speaker still consumes it.

Su olor means its smell.

The possessive su makes it clear that the smell belongs to the grapefruit.

• porque me encanta su olor = because I love its smell

You could sometimes hear el olor del pomelo instead:

• porque me encanta el olor del pomelo

That version is a bit more explicit. The original sentence is more compact and natural because the referent is already obvious.

Encantar works like gustar.

The thing that causes the feeling is the grammatical subject:

• Su olor me encanta = Its smell delights me
• more natural order: Me encanta su olor

So:

• me = to me
• encanta = delights / is loved by
• su olor = its smell

That is why Spanish says:

• me gusta
• me encanta rather than using the English structure I like / I love.

Yes, but it would shift the meaning slightly.

• me resulta un poco amargo = it seems / comes across as a bit bitter to me
• me sabe un poco amargo = it tastes a bit bitter to me

Saber focuses more directly on flavor.
Resultar sounds a little broader and more subjective.

So both can work, but the original sounds slightly less direct and a bit more about personal perception.

It could mean either, depending on context.

Pomelo literally means grapefruit, the fruit. But in everyday speech, Spanish can sometimes use the product name loosely, especially if the context already makes it obvious.

Because the sentence says me lo tomo, many learners may think of a drink. But Spanish also uses tomar broadly, so it does not force that interpretation.

So the sentence could suggest:

• the fruit
• grapefruit juice
• grapefruit in some prepared form

The exact meaning depends on the situation, not just the grammar.

The original sentence is natural, but Spanish word order is flexible.

For example, these are also possible:

• Aunque el pomelo me resulta un poco amargo, igual me lo tomo porque me encanta su olor.
• Me lo tomo igual, aunque el pomelo me resulta un poco amargo, porque me encanta su olor.

The original version flows very well because it gives:

1. the concession: aunque...
2. the main action: me lo tomo igual
3. the reason: porque...

So the order is not completely fixed, but the original is very idiomatic and clear.