en lugar de

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese en lugar de (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): "in place of". === Preposition === en lugar de instead of; rather than Synonym: no canto de === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “en lugar de”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “en lugar de”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “en lugar de”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /en luˈɡaɾ de/ [ẽn luˈɣ̞aɾ ð̞e] Syllabification: en lu‧gar de === Preposition === en lugar de instead of Synonym: en vez de === Further reading === “en lugar de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025