tvärtom

tvärtom in a sentence

• Säger man åt honom att göra något så gör han tvärtom
  If you tell him to do something, he'll do the opposite
• Du gillar inte katter, men jag tycker tvärtom de är jättetrevliga
  You don't like cats, but I, on the contrary, think they're super nice

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Origin

From tvärt (“sharply”) + om (“about, around”).

Nearby common words

tvärtom is number 2,591 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 2,587trubbel trouble
• 2,588kämpe fighter
• 2,589meningslös meaningless
• 2,590osynlig invisible
• 2,592övertygad convinced
• 2,593medel means, funds
• 2,594allra of all
• 2,595lidande suffering