| Part of speech | preposition |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | an·sta·taŭ |
| Afrikaans | in plaas van |
|---|---|
| Catalan | en comptes de; en lloc de |
| Dutch | in plaats van; in stede van |
| English | instead of; in lieu of; rather than |
| Faeroese | í staðin fyri |
| Finnish | sijaan |
| French | au lieu de |
| German | an Stelle von; statt; anstatt; an Stelle |
| Greek | αντί για; αντί να |
| Hungarian | helyett |
| Latin | pro |
| Low German | ansteade; in steade van |
| Papiamento | na lugar di |
| Portuguese | em lugar de; em vez de; por |
| Romanian | în loc de |
| Russian | вместо |
| Spanish | en vez de |
| Swahili | badala ya |
| Thai | แทน |