por el contrario

Spanish

Conjunction

por el contrario

1. 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28