en vez de
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em ˈbeθ de/ [ẽm ˈbeθ̬ ð̞e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /em ˈbes de/ [ẽm ˈbez ð̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: en vez de
Preposition
- instead of, in place of, rather than
- Synonym: en lugar de
Further reading
- “en vez de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025