Usage examples of "ao contrário" in Portuguese with translation to English

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"Você terminou?" "Ao contrário, eu ainda nem comecei." "Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
Por favor, diga o alfabeto ao contrário. Please say the alphabet in reverse.
Ele não é preguiçoso. Ao contrário, eu acho que ele é muito esforçado. He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
Ao contrário da mãe, ela é alta. Unlike her mother, she is tall.
Eu posso fazer isso por ela, ao contrário de você. I can do that for her, unlike you.
E, mesmo assim, o contrário também é sempre verdade. And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
Meu ponto de vista é contrário ao seu. My point of view is contrary to yours.
Não posso dizer o contrário. I can't say the opposite.
É melhor você se apressar; caso contrário, perderá o metrô. You'd better hurry, or you'll miss the train.
O gosto da minha mulher para vestidos é contrário ao meu. My wife's taste in dress is contrary to my own.
Eu corri todo o percurso; caso contrário eu não teria pegado o trem. I ran all the way, otherwise I could not have caught the train.
É bem o contrário. It's just the opposite.
Ele fez o contrário do que eu pedi. He did the reverse of what I asked.
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