предл. instead of; in place of; аз ще отида ~ тебе I will go instead of you; ~ да чете той играе he is playing instead of reading, he is playing while he ought to be reading; те не дойдоха тук, ~ това ние отидохме там they didn’t come here, so we went there instead; те ядат маргарин ~ масло they use margarine in place of butter, they substitute margarine for butter.