Phrase · 🥊 Countering arguments
Todo lo contrario: invertir en prevención ahorra dinero.
Quite the opposite: investing in prevention saves money.
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Why every word is where it is
Todo1determinerall, the wholemasc. · sing.lo2determinerthe (neuter)el · definitecontrarioadjectiveopposite, contrarymasc. · sing.:invertir3verbto investinfinitiveenprepositionin, on, atprevenciónnounpreventionfem. · sing.ahorraverbsavesahorrar · present · 3rd sing.dineronounmoneymasc. · sing..
- lo → contrario: lo + adjective
- ahorra → invertir: subject
- invertir → prevención: invertir en
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Todo lo contrario = quite the opposite: a strong, direct rebuttal.
- 2Neuter lo + adjective names an idea: lo contrario = the opposite. Neuter lo: lo + adjective, lo de, lo … que →
- 3An infinitive as subject: "investing", with no article. Non-finite clauses: infinitive, gerund and participle constructions →