напро́тив — meaning in English
naprotiv
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- contra preposition Against or in opposition to.
- on the contrary phrase Used to reject what has just been said and assert the opposite. It signals not merely disagreement but that the truth runs the other way.
Senses
напро́тив is used for these senses in English:
- au contraire (usually, humorous, emphatic) On the contrary.
- contra Contrary to something.
- on the contrary (conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to the contrary.
contra — full definition
- preposition Against or in opposition to.
- noun An accounting entry that offsets or cancels out another entry.
- noun A member of a rightist guerrilla group that fought Nicaragua's socialist government in the 1980s, secretly backed by the United States.