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→ al contrario on the contrary, quite the opposite
no me disgusta la idea, al contrario, me encanta I don't dislike the idea, on the contrary o quite the opposite, I think it would be wonderful
--¿te aburres? --¡que va, al contrario! "are you bored?" -- "no way, quite the opposite!"
se puso el jersey al contrario he put his jumper on inside out
antes al contrario, muy al contrario frm on the contrary
→ al contrario de
todo salió al contrario de lo previsto everything turned out the opposite of what we expected
al contrario de lo que creíamos, hizo muy buen tiempo contrary to what we thought, the weather turned out very nice
siempre va al contrario de todo el mundo she always has to be different to everyone else, she always does the opposite to everyone else
al contrario que o de ella, yo no estoy dispuesto a aguantar unlike her, I'm not willing to put up with it
→ lo contrario
¿qué es lo contrario de alto? what is the opposite of tall?
nunca he dicho lo contrario I never said anything else o different
soy inocente, hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario I am innocent until proven otherwise
a mí me pasa lo contrario que a ti for me it's different than for you
de lo contrario otherwise, or else
salga o, de lo contrario, llamaré a la policía please leave, otherwise o or else I'll call the police
→ por el contrario
los inviernos, por el contrario, son muy fríos the winters, on the other hand o on the contrary, are very cold
parece ir todo bien, y por el contrario, la situación es muy complicada it all appears to be going well, when in fact the situation is rather difficult
→ todo lo contrario quite the opposite, quite the reverse
--¿es feo? --no, todo lo contrario "is he ugly?" -- "no, quite the opposite o reverse"
no hay descenso de precios, sino todo lo contrario prices are not going down, quite the opposite o reverse, in fact
es todo lo contrario de su marido she is the exact opposite of her husband
ha sucedido todo lo contrario de lo que esperábamos exactly the opposite of what we expected has happened