La Palabra Del Día "contrariamente"
contrariamente (kohn-trah-ryah-MEHN-teh)
(adverb) contrary to
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1: Contrariamente a lo que piensa mucha gente, Cinco de Mayo no marca el aniversario de la independencia mexicana.
Contrary to what many people think, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day.
2: Contrariamente a lo antes sospechado, el paciente no padece lupus.
Contrary to what was previously suspected, the patient does not have Lupus.
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Mujer: ¿Por qué tú necesitas ser tan contrario todo el tiempo?
Hombre: ¡Qué va! ¿Cómo que YO soy contrario?
Contrariamente a lo que pienses, eres TÚ que es la contraria.
Woman: Why do you need to be so contrary all the time?
Man: Give me a break! What do you mean I'm contrary?
Contrary to what you think, you're the contrary one!
Contrariamente a lo que sucede en las elecciones, siempre tenemos políticos.
Contrary to what happens in elections we always get politicians.
Contrariamente a lo que piensan mis amigos, este poema no es mi poema favorito.
Contrary to what my friends think, this poem is not my favorite poem
María, María, muy contrariamente
¿Cómo crece tu jardín?
Con campanas de plata y conchas
Y las criadas bonitas todo en una fila.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockleshells
And pretty maids all in a row.
Contrariamente a expectaciones, la inscripción de Katerina en la feria de ciencias ganó el primer premio.
Contrary to expectations, Katerina's entry in the science fair won first prize.
I have to be contrary when anyone says the universal peace is not possible.
Tengo que estar contrar cuando cualquier dice la paz de universal no es posible.
La historia oscura detrás del poema.
The dark history behind the poem.
Esto es contrariamente a la creencia popular.
This is contrary to popular belief.
The Mary that is portrayed in this nursery rhyme is none other than Mary Tudor, also known in historical infamy as "Bloody Mary". Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon (the first wife of Henry VIII). It seems that in an attempt to break away from the Church of England, she tried to revert back to the Catholic Church as soon as she became Queen. It was said that she persecuted and murdered many Protestants. Her reign of terror became widely known over the course of history, thus giving her that well deserved title of "Bloody Mary".
There are several interpretations of what people think the meaning of the poem was. Some say that the silver bells stood for Catholic Cathedral bells, the cockle shells stood for the pilgrimage to Spain and the pretty maids in a row stood for a row of nuns.
Others claim the meaning was about torturing her victims. Silver bells stood for thumb screws that were torture devices, cockle shells that was a genital torture device and the pretty maids in a row stood for the people lining up to be executed by the Halifax Gibbet, which is the same as the guillotine. This interpretation I believe to be the real one, as the meaning of "How does your garden grow?" is said to refer to the cemetery, being that the more deaths, the more the cemetery "garden" would grow.
Contrariamente a la creencia popular Cinco de Mayo no es el día de la independencia de México, sino la celebración de la derrota de México de los franceses en una batalla cerca de Puebla.
Contrary to popular belief Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's independence day but the celebration of Mexico's defeat of the French in a battle near Puebla.
Contrariamente a lo que creyeron los pitufos, existe otro aldea de pitufos que encontraron en la peli La Aldea Perdida.
Contrary to what the Smurfs believed, there exists another Smurf village that they found in the movie The Lost Village.
Contrariamente a la cirugía plástica el tiempo pasa y las más bellas mujeres también envejecen.
Contrary to having plastic surgery time passes and the most beautiful women also age.
Contrariamente de opinión popular, la grasa es una parte importante de una dieta saludable.
Contrary to popular opinion, fat is an important part of a healthy diet.
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Contrariamente a lo que puedes creer, esta frase es falso.
Contrary to what you might think, this statement is false.
Contrariamente a lo que tal vez piensas, nadie dice "Play it again, Sam" en la película "Casablanca."
Contrary to what you may think, no one says "Play it again, Sam" in the movie "Casablanca."
¿Debería apostar por un tiro largo en el Kenticky Derby contrariamente lo que pensan los expertos?
Should I bet on a long shot in the Kentucky Derbt contrary to what the experts think?
Contrary to the misdemeanor crimes, the magistrate court dismissed all charges citing lack of evidence. Contrariamente a los crímenes del delito menor, el juzgado de primera instancia desestimó todos los cargos citan falta de pruebas.
Contrariamente a lo que la gente pensaba, el pastel amarillo no fue con sabor a limón.
Contrary to what people thought, the yellow cake was not lemon-flavored. 
