the other way around

English

Alternative forms

• the other way round

Pronunciation

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Adverb

the other way around (not comparable)

1. The same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order.
   • 1988, Michael Crichton, Sphere, page 185:

     “After all, he’s speaking our language, not the other way around.

Synonyms

• vice versa, conversely, the other way about

Translations

same but with things reversed

• Azerbaijani: əksinə, tərsinə
• Catalan: a l'inrevés (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反過來／反过来 (zh) (fǎnguolái), 反之亦然 (zh) (fǎnzhīyìrán)

• Dutch: omgekeerd (nl), andersom (nl)
• Finnish: toisinpäin (fi)
• French: vice versa (fr), dans l’autre sens
• German: umgekehrt (de)
• Japanese: 逆に (ja) (ぎゃくに, gyaku ni)
• Norwegian: andre veien m
• Polish: na odwrót
• Portuguese: ao contrário, em reverso, de trás para frente
• Romanian: invers (ro)
• Russian: наоборо́т (ru) (naoborót)
• Spanish: al revés