"al reves"

Question

Has anybody heard the expresion 'al reves' if so can they enlighten me please.

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thank-you moe - leeallen, Nov 19, 2011

Answer 1

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Exactly, good answer. I vote for you. - annierats, Nov 18, 2011

Answer 2

In English: In reverse. It can mean several things.

Answer 3

As Guillermo says al revés has many meanings. Here are some examples:

Al revés (con lo de adelante atrás) back to front; (con lo de arriba abajo) upside down; (con lo de dentro fuera) inside out; (en sentido inverso) the other way around o (BrE) round;

Te has puesto los zapatos al revés you've put your shoes on the wrong feet;

Hace la `y' al revés he writes his y's back to front o the wrong way round;

Puso el cuadro al revés he turned the picture to face the wall;

Todo lo entiende al revés she's always getting the wrong end of the stick;

Todo me sale al revés nothing goes right for me;

Al revés de lo que uno se imagina contrary to what you might expect;

Lo hizo al revés de como le dije she did it the opposite way to how I told her;

Saberse algo al revés y al derecho to know something (off) by heart

very helpful Eddy. - leeallen, Nov 19, 2011

Answer 4

revés (accento)

clever! - leeallen, Nov 19, 2011