au contraire

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Usage notes
Now often used for more humorous, ironic, or dramatic effect than.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: právě naopak
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: hoopis vastupidi, vastupidi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: im Gegenteil,
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole: okontrè
 * Hebrew: להיפך
 * Hindi: उल्टे
 * Icelandic: þvert á móti, á hinn bóginn, hins vegar
 * Italian: al contrario
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Latin: sed contra
 * Occitan: au contra, au contrari, al revèrs
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ao contrário, pelo contrário
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: en contrario, por el contrario, en contra, al contrario
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Walloon:, ,

Adverb

 * 1) on the contrary, quite the contrary, quite the opposite;

Usage notes
May be reinforced by or, i.e.,  or