"insteada" meaning in English

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Contraction

Etymology: Written form of a reduction of instead of. Head templates: {{en-head|contr}} insteada
  1. (chiefly slang) Contraction of instead + of. Wikipedia link: reduction (linguistics) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, slang Alternative form of: instead (extra: + of)
    Sense id: en-insteada-en-contraction-rIFM-fzq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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