instead of

English

Preposition

instead of

1. in lieu of; in place of; rather than

   He walked to school instead of taking the car.

Translations

in lieu of; in place of; rather than

• Catalan: en comptes de (ca)
• Czech: namísto (cs), místo (cs)
• Danish: i stedet for (da)
• Dutch: in plaats van (nl)
• Finnish: sen sijaan että (fi), sen sijaan (fi)
• French: à la place de (fr), au lieu de (fr)
• Georgian: ნაცვლად (ka) (nac’vlad), მაგივრად (ka) (magivrad)
• German: an Stelle von (de), anstelle von (de)
• Hindi: के बजाय (hi) (ke bajaay)
• Italian: invece di (it), invece che (it), anziché (it)
• Persian: به جای (fa) (be jấ-ye)
• Polish: zamiast (pl)

• Portuguese: ao invés de (pt), em vez de (pt)
• Russian: вместо (ru) (vmesto)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀мјесто (sh), (Ijekavian), у̀место (sh) (Ekavian)

  Roman: ùmjesto (sh) (Ijekavian), ùmesto (sh) (Ekavian)

• Spanish: en vez de (es)
• Swedish: i stället för (sv)
• Telugu: బదులు (te) (badulu)
• Urdu: کے بجاۓ (ur) (ke bajaay)
• Vietnamese: thay vì (vi)

Usage notes

instead of is always followed by a noun or a gerund.