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Es lógico que no te guste. De todas formas, es grosero.

Es lógico que no te guste. De todas formas, es grosero.
It is logical that you don't like him. He is rude anyway.
From Lesson 256:Saying 'anyway' (de todos modos, de todas formas)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Es lógico que no te guste. De todas formas, es grosero.

Why is de todas formas placed at the beginning of the second sentence, but translates to "anyway" at the end of the English sentence?
In English, we often put "anyway" at the end of a sentence. In Spanish, concessive markers like de todas formas (or de todos modos) usually go at the beginning of the clause they introduce. They serve as a bridge to the previous thought, meaning "despite what was just said."
Why is the verb guste instead of gusta?
The phrase es lógico que (it is logical that) expresses an opinion or a value judgment. In Spanish, impersonal expressions like this always trigger the subjunctive mood for the following verb, which is why we use guste.
The English translation says "you don't like him." Where is the "him" in no te guste?
Verbs like gustar work backward compared to English. The person being liked is actually the subject of the sentence, so it literally translates to "that he is not pleasing to you." The "he" is simply dropped here because it is understood from context. If you needed to clarify, you could say que él no te guste.
Does grosero mean "gross"?
No, grosero is a false friend! It means "rude," "impolite," or "vulgar." If you want to say something is physically gross or disgusting, you would use a word like asqueroso.
Why use es grosero instead of está grosero?
We use es (from the verb ser) because being rude is being described as a core personality trait of this person. If you wanted to say he is just acting rude right now in this specific moment, you could use está grosero, but es grosero means he is generally a rude person.

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