em vez de

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Preposition === em vez de instead of; in lieu of; in place of; rather than ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes conflated with the similar sounding ao invés de, which technically bears a sense of opposition or contrariness. === Further reading === “em vez de”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026