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invece

/inˈve.t͡ʃe/ adverb A1 (estimated)

1. instead, but, whereas, on the contrary

English	instead, but, whereas
German	stattdessen, dagegen
French	en revanche, au contraire, plutôt
Portuguese	mas, enquanto
Czech	jenže, avšak, jenomže
Spanish	en lugar de, sin embargo
Swedish	istället, i stället

2. on the other hand, in contrast, however

English	however, on the other hand, in contrast
German	dagegen, andererseits, hingegen
French	par contre
Portuguese	por outro lado
Czech	na druhou stranu
Spanish	por otro lado, por otra parte
Dutch	daarentegen, anderzijds
Swedish	däremot, å andra sidan
Latin	contra

3. instead

English	instead
German	stattdessen
French	à la place
Portuguese	antes, em vez de, ao invés de
Czech	namísto
Spanish	mejor, en lugar de
Swedish	istället

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invece

/inˈvet͡ʃe/ conjunction A1 (estimated)

1. instead, but, whereas, on the contrary

English	but, whereas, on the contrary
German	stattdessen
French	en revanche, au contraire, plutôt
Portuguese	mas, enquanto
Czech	jenže, avšak, jenomže
Spanish	en lugar de, en cambio
Swedish	istället

2. however, yet, nonetheless, nevertheless

English	yet, however
German	aber, trotzdem
French	mais
Portuguese	no entanto
Czech	nicméně, leč
Spanish	mas, empero, no obstante
Dutch	evenwel, echter
Swedish	dock, däremot, icke desto mindre
Latin	nihilominus

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