por el contrario
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[edit]Conjunction
[edit]- on the contrary, conversely, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the other hand, in contrast, instead, rather
Derived terms
[edit]- muy por el contrario (“quite the contrary, quite the opposite”)
Further reading
[edit]- “por el, o lo, contrario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28