Sentence examples of "contrario" in Spanish

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Al contrario, nunca he dicho tal cosa. On the contrary, I've never said such a thing.
No puedo decir lo contrario. I can't say the opposite.
"¿Has terminado?" "Al contrario, acabo de empezar." "Are you done?" "On the contrary, we've just been getting started."
Lo contrario de incómodo es cómodo. The opposite of uncomfortable is comfortable.
No tengo ninguna prueba de lo contrario. I have no proof to the contrary.
Sus comentarios tuvieron el efecto contrario. His remarks had the opposite effect.
Si haces eso, solo provocará el efecto contrario. If you do that, it will only bring about a contrary effect.
"Rápido" es el contrario de "lento". "Fast" is the opposite of "slow."
Mi punto de vista es contrario al suyo. My point of view is contrary to yours.
Dices algo y luego haces justo lo contrario. You say one thing and then act just the opposite.
Y sin embargo, también lo contrario es siempre verdadero. And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
Dices una cosa y después haces todo lo contrario. You say one thing and then act just the opposite.
Mary no es pobre. Al contrario, es bastante rica. Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.
Por error monté un tren que iba en sentido contrario. By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
"¿Ya lo terminaste?" "Por el contrario, sólo estoy empezando." "Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I'm just starting."
Por error cogí un tren que iba en sentido contrario. By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
Tú eres joven. Yo, por el contrario, soy muy vieja. You are young. I, on the contrary, am very old.
No es ni uno ni lo otro, sino todo lo contrario. It's neither one or the other, but all the opposite.
Tú eres joven. Yo, por el contrario, soy muy viejo. You are young. I, on the contrary, am very old.
Cuando era un adolescente tenía mucho pelo en la cabeza y nada en el pecho. Ahora es justo lo contrario. When I was a teenager I had lots of hair on my head and none on my chest. Now it's just the opposite.
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