por el contrario

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Spanish

Conjunction

por el contrario

on the contrary, conversely, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the other hand, in contrast, instead, rather

Derived terms

muy por el contrario (“quite the contrary, quite the opposite”)

Further reading

“por el, o lo, contrario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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