Sentence examples of "En vez de" in Spanish with translation "rather than"

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¡Qué lástima sólo aguantar la vida en vez de disfrutarla! What a shame to just endure life rather than enjoying it.
Su rostro refleja indignación y tristeza en vez de ira. Her face reflecting disgust and sadness, rather than anger.
Uno debería ser respetuoso con las creencias de otros en vez de burlarse de ellas. One should be respectful of other's beliefs rather than mock them.
Deberíamos ocupar nuestro tiempo creando contenidos para nuestro sitio web en vez de perder tiempo preocupándonos de detalles cosméticos menores. We should spend our time creating content for our website rather than wasting time worrying about minor cosmetic details.
Cuando decimos que un lenguaje se transmite culturalmente - es decir, que es aprendido en vez de heredado - queremos decir que forma parte de todo ese complejo de conducta aprendida y compartida que los antropólogos llaman cultura. When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.
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