on the contrary

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86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: inteendeel — opposite
• Arabic: عَلَى الْعَكْس (ʕalā l-ʕaks) — opposite
• Arabic: بِالْعَكْس (bi-l-ʕaks) — opposite
• Arabic: بالعكس (bi-l-ʕaks) — opposite
• Arabic: بالعكس (be-l-ʕaks) — opposite
• Aramaic: אַדְּרַבָּה (ʾaddərabbā) — opposite
• Armenian: ընդհակառակը (əndhakaṙakə) — opposite
• Asturian: al contrariu — opposite
• Azerbaijani: əksinə — opposite
• Bashkir: киреһенсә (kirehensə) — opposite
• Belarusian: наадваро́т (naadvarót) — opposite
• Bengali: অন্য দিকে — opposite
• Bulgarian: напро́тив (naprótiv) — opposite
• Catalan: contràriament — opposite
• Catalan: al contrari — opposite
• Catalan: per contra — opposite
• Chinese Mandarin: 反而 (fǎn'ér) — opposite
• Chinese Mandarin: 相反 (xiāngfǎn) — opposite
• Chinese Mandarin: 反之 (fǎnzhī) — opposite
• Chinese Mandarin: 與此相反 /与此相反 (yǔcǐxiāngfǎn) — opposite
• Czech: naopak — opposite
• Danish: tværtimod — opposite
• Dutch: integendeel — opposite
• Esperanto: kontraŭe — opposite
• Faroese: tvørturímóti — opposite
• Faroese: harafturímóti — opposite
• Finnish: päinvastoin — opposite
• Finnish: kun taas — opposite
• Finnish: pikemminkin — opposite
• Finnish: toisin — opposite
• Finnish: sitä vastoin — opposite
• French: au contraire — opposite
• Galician: ao contrario — opposite
• German: im Gegenteil — opposite
• Greek: αντίθετα (antítheta) — opposite
• Ancient Greek: τοὐναντίον (tounantíon) — opposite
• Haitian Creole: okontrè — opposite
• Hebrew: אִיפְּכָא מִסְתַּבְּרָא (ípkha mistábra) — opposite
• Hebrew: אַדְּרַבָּה (adrabá) — opposite
• Hebrew: נַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא (nahafókh hú) — opposite
• Hebrew: לְהֶפֶךְ (lehéfkh) — opposite
• Hungarian: ellenkezőleg — opposite
• Icelandic: þvert á móti — opposite
• Italian: al contrario — opposite
• Italian: anzi — opposite
• Japanese: それどころか (soredokoroka) — opposite
• Korean: 오히려 (ohiryeo) — opposite
• Latin: immō — opposite
• Latin: contrāriō — opposite
• Latin: ē contrāriō — opposite
• Luxembourgish: am Géigendeel — opposite
• Māori: kāhore — opposite
• Māori: ehara — opposite
• Māori: ehara tonu — opposite
• Māori: engari — opposite
• Eastern Mari: даже мӧҥгешла (daže möŋgešla) — opposite
• Eastern Mari: мӧҥгешла (möŋgešla) — opposite
• Norwegian Bokmål: tvert om — opposite
• Norwegian Bokmål: tvert imot — opposite
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tvert om — opposite
• Polish: przeciwnie — opposite
• Polish: wręcz przeciwnie — opposite
• Portuguese: ao contrário — opposite
• Portuguese: pelo contrário — opposite
• Romanian: dimpotrivă — opposite
• Romanian: din contră — opposite
• Russian: наоборо́т (naoborót) — opposite
• Russian: напро́тив (naprótiv) — opposite
• Serbo-Croatian: dapače — opposite
• Serbo-Croatian: upravo suprotno — opposite
• Slovak: naopak — opposite
• Spanish: al contrario — opposite
• Spanish: por el contrario — opposite
• Spanish: a la inversa — opposite
• Spanish: por la inversa — opposite
• Spanish: a contrarruta — opposite
• Swedish: tvärtom — opposite
• Thai: ในทางกลับกัน — opposite
• Ukrainian: навпаки́ (navpaký) — opposite
• Urdu: اس کے برخلاف (īs key barḵelāf) — opposite
• Uzbek: aksincha — opposite
• Walloon: estô — opposite
• Yiddish: אַדרבא (aderabe) — opposite
• Yiddish: להיפּוך (leheypekh) — opposite
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקערט (farkert) — opposite
• Yiddish: פּונקט פֿאַרקערט (punkt farkert) — opposite