Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
contrapondo-se
English translation:
Contrary to....
Portuguese term
contrapondo-se
| 4 | Contrary to.... |
Lara Barnett
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| 3 +2 | contrasting/in contrast with |
Thiago Silva
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| 4 | in opposition |
Katarina Peters
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| 4 | as opposed to |
Mario Freitas
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Sep 21, 2016 18:40: Lara Barnett changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1213228">Lara Barnett's</a> old entry - "contrapondo-se"" to ""Contrary to....""
Sep 21, 2016 18:40: Lara Barnett Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Mario Freitas
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
www.lingocraft.co.uk
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Contrary to....
In conflict with....."
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrary to
I would use this, there is no other way that you could actually keep the same sentence structure and leave it sounding naturally English.
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"CONTRARY TO
contrary to something
in spite of something that seems to suggest otherwise; regardless of something else. Contrary to what you might think, I am neat and tidy. Contrary to public opinion, my uncle is well and healthy."
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/contrary to
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"CONTRARY TO THIS LINE OF REASONING open doors are often not a blessing, but a
curse in disguise. In many instances, keeping doors open might not be the
optimal strategy to assure wealth maximization and happiness...."
http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=...
"Yes, the argument from potential bankruptcy is a potent one (CONTRARY TO THE LINE OF REASONING that holds that bankruptcy is a threat only if SSS does nothing in the meantime)."
"CONTRARY TO THE LINE OF REASONING which understates the contribution of formal planning systems (FPSs) to decision-making (e.g. King 1983, Sinha, 1990), here planning formality appears to be an important contributor to comprehensiveness in SD making"
http://opinion.inquirer.net/92184/the-avoidable-crisis
http://www.aueb.gr/Users/papadakis/articles/academic/SMJ_Paper.pdf
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
in opposition
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
as opposed to
Brazil
I'm a gun for hire.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
contrasting/in contrast with
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http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/contrasting
Thus contrasting/in contrast with the line of reasoning developed so far (...)
| agree |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
10 mins
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Obrigado, Teresa!
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| neutral |
Lara Barnett
: Although the text has been translated literally, this does not sound very natural and I have never heard this term formed in this way.
16 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: contrasting with/in contrast with
18 hrs
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