spre deosebire de
Romanian
[edit]Preposition
[edit]- unlike (in contrast with)
- Spre deosebire de restul limbilor romanice, româna și-a păstrat cazurile.
- Romanian kept its cases, unlike the other Romance languages.
Usage notes
[edit]The prepositional phrase may be placed anywhere in the sentence. A colloquial substitute, nu ca (literally, “not like”), may only be placed after its topic of comment.
References
[edit]- deosebire in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)