invés

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

envés (obsolete or misspelling)

Etymology

From Latin inversus (“upside down”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ(j)s/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ(j)ʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbɛʃ/

Hyphenation: in‧vés

Noun

invés m (uncountable)

opposite, reverse
Synonyms: oposto, contrário, inverso, avesso

Usage notes

Not to be confused with "em vez" (as in em vez de).

Derived terms

ao invés de

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