invece

instead

(ma) but

invece di fare instead of doing

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invece avv. instead; (al contrario) but; on the contrary: dovrei andare io, vacci tu invece!, I should (really) go, but you go instead; volevo telefonargli e invece andai di persona, I was going to phone him, but went to see him instead; credevo di trovarlo in casa, (ma) invece non c'era, I expected to find him at home, but he wasn't there; lui ama lo sport, e invece io no, he loves sport, but I don't; ''Ti sei annoiato?'' ''No, invece. Mi sono molto divertito'', ''Were you bored?'' ''On the contrary. I enjoyed myself immensely''; i suoi fratelli hanno studiato medicina; lui, invece, ha scelto legge, his brothers studied medicine; he, on the contrary, opted for law // In espressioni del linguaggio infantile: ''Non puoi giocare a pallone con questo tempo!'' ''E invece sì!'', ''You can't play football in this weather!'' ''Oh yes I can!''.

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[in'vetʃe]

avverbio

1) (viceversa) instead, on the contrary, on the other hand

in Italia, invece, è possibile... — in Italy, on the other hand, it is possible to...

doveva andarci e invece ci andai io — she was supposed to go, but I went instead

volevo telefonare poi invece ho scritto — I was going to phone but wrote instead

"non l'ho mai incontrato!" "invece sì!" — "I've never met him!" "yes you have!"

2) invece di instead of

3) invece che rather than

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invece

/in'vet∫e/

avverbio

 1 (viceversa) instead, on the contrary, on the other hand; in Italia, invece, è possibile... in Italy, on the other hand, it is possible to...; doveva andarci e invece ci andai io she was supposed to go, but I went instead; volevo telefonare poi invece ho scritto I was going to phone but wrote instead; "non l'ho mai incontrato!" "invece sì!" "I've never met him!" "yes you have!"

 2 invece di instead of

 3 invece che rather than.