Sentence examples of "contrario" in Spanish with translation "contrary"
"¿Has terminado?" "Al contrario, acabo de empezar."
"Are you done?" "On the contrary, we've just been getting started."
Si haces eso, solo provocará el efecto contrario.
If you do that, it will only bring about a contrary effect.
Y sin embargo, también lo contrario es siempre verdadero.
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
Mary no es pobre. Al contrario, es bastante rica.
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.
"¿Ya lo terminaste?" "Por el contrario, sólo estoy empezando."
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I'm just starting."
Él no es vago, al contrario, pienso que trabaja duro.
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
El gusto de mi esposa para vestirse es contrario al mío.
My wife's taste in dress is contrary to my own.
Ellos dicen que él es culpable, pero yo creo lo contrario.
They say he is guilty, but I believe the contrary.
Él no es vago. Al contrario, creo que él es muy esforzado.
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
No me parece feo ese cuadro, al contrario, pienso que es hermoso.
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.
Las guerras no traen paz; al contrario, traen dolor y tristeza a ambos bandos.
War doesn't bring on peace; on the contrary, it brings pains and grief on both sides.
El hombre tiene muchos deseos que en realidad no quiere satisfacer, y sería un malentendido imaginar lo contrario. Quiere que sigan siendo deseos, tienen valor únicamente en su imaginación, su cumplimiento sería una amarga decepción para él. Un deseo así es el deseo de la vida eterna. Si se cumpliera, el hombre llegaría a hastiarse de vivir eternamente, y anhelaría la muerte.
Man has many wishes that he does not really wish to fulfil, and it would be a misunderstanding to suppose the contrary. He wants them to remain wishes, they have value only in his imagination; their fulfilment would be a bitter disappointment to him. Such a desire is the desire for eternal life. If it were fulfilled, man would become thoroughly sick of living eternally, and yearn for death.
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