por el contrario

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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