Spanish Word for opposite  

English Word: opposite

Spanish Word: contrario
The Spanish Word for opposite
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Translated sentences containing 'opposite'
in front of, opposite
en frente de
The employee is opposite of Amelie.
El empleado está frente a Amélie.
The library is opposite of the bank.
La biblioteca está al otro lado del banco.
In the opposite direction
En dirección opuesta
My house is opposite the stadium.
Mi casa está enfrente del estadio.

I am here, opposite you.
Aquí estoy, frente a usted.
It is quite the opposite.
¡Todo lo contrario!
In fact, it is doing the opposite.
¡Muy al contrario!
We are proposing the opposite.
Estamos planteando lo contrario.
Why are they doing almost the opposite?
¿Por qué están haciendo justo lo contrario?
Our own vision is the opposite.
Nuestra visión es la opuesta.
We would like the opposite.
Queremos lo contrario.
My conclusion is the opposite.
Mi conclusión va en sentido contrario.
This is the precise opposite of what we ought to be doing.
Esto es justo lo contrario de lo que tenemos que hacer.
Who are we then to claim the opposite?
¿Quiénes somos nosotros para oponernos a su voluntad?
You are not doing anything about this; you are doing the opposite.
Usted no hace nada al respecto; hace lo contrario.
I am of the opposite view.
Mi punto de vista es el contrario.
The opposite is the case.
Lo que ocurre es lo contrario.
The opposite is the case.
Esto no es así.
That is exactly the opposite of what we should do.
Eso es exactamente lo contrario de lo que deberíamos hacer.
We are just the opposite!
¡Justamente todo lo contrario!
Perhaps we should do the opposite.
Quizá deberíamos hacer lo contrario.
It is the opposite route.
Es el camino opuesto.
The opposite is the case.
Todo lo contrario.
We did exactly the opposite.
Nosotros hicimos totalmente lo contrario.
This year it is the opposite.
Este año ocurre lo contrario.
The very opposite is true.
La verdad es todo lo contrario.
In other words, we should do the opposite.
En otras palabras, deberíamos hacer lo contrario.
The opposite is the case.
Lo contrario es cierto.
The opposite is the truth!
Lo contrario es la verdad.
There is everything and its opposite.
Se encuentra de todo y lo contrario de todo.
The very opposite is the case!
¡Todo lo contrario!
It would be the opposite of what we want.
Sería todo lo contrario de lo que deseamos.
It is exactly the opposite.
Es exactamente lo contrario.
We shall obtain the very opposite of what we want.
Hemos logrado justamente lo contrario.
Instead, we are now faced with the opposite.
Hoy por hoy, la situación es la contraria.
And that would result in the opposite of what we are trying to achieve.
Con ello, lograríamos exactamente lo contrario de lo que queremos lograr.
"Good administration" is the opposite of "maladministration" .
"Buena administración" es lo contrario de "irregularidades administrativas" .
In fact, clearly the opposite is the case.
En realidad lo que ocurre es claramente lo contrario.
Not at all; just the opposite, in fact!
En absoluto, todo lo contrario.
Now, we are heading in the opposite direction.
Ahora es al revés.
In practice, Sweden has done the opposite.
En la práctica, Suecia ha hecho lo contrario.
I maintain the exact opposite.
Yo opino exactamente lo contrario.
Woe betide that it should say the opposite!
¡Estaría bueno que dijera lo contrario!
Usually only the opposite approach is possible.
En la mayoría de los casos, sólo es posible el camino contrario.
Neither have been done. Quite the opposite!
Ninguna de las dos cosas se ha llevado a cabo.
Yet the opposite is the case.
Pero la realidad es lo contrario.
It is the opposite of freedom and of life.
Es lo contrario de la libertad y de la vida.
In fact the opposite is true.
Lo cierto es que ocurre todo lo contrario.
We have not deviated from the compromise at all, quite the opposite!
No nos hemos apartado del pacto, al contrario.
It could be saying anything and its opposite.
En ella cabe todo, se puede decir cualquier cosa, y también lo contrario.
I would strongly argue the opposite.
Yo me inclinaría sin duda alguna por lo contrario.
The opposite turns out to be true.
Sin embargo, todo indica lo contrario.
In fact, the opposite is true.
Es verdad lo contrario.
In fact, it does the complete opposite.
Por tanto, la solución al problema de la concentración de ozono es realmente compleja.
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