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a contracorriente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • upstream adj Positioned or moving against the direction a river or current flows.

Senses

a contracorriente is used for these senses in English:

  • against the grain (idiomatic) Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
  • go against the grain (idiomatic) To defy convention or norms; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.
  • upstream In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
  • upstream Against the current.

upstream — full definition

  1. adj Positioned or moving against the direction a river or current flows.
  2. adj Happening earlier in a process, or influencing what comes later.

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