por el contrario
Spanish
Conjunction
- 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025