por el contrario
Spanish
editConjunction
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014