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This page gives 100 Spanish words on “Connectors and prepositions”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 57 at the easy level, 50 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Spanish vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Spanish vocabulary: linking words and prepositions

But, so, because, with, without, in front of: the Spanish linking words and prepositions that connect your ideas and place things.

Here are 100 Spanish words on “Connectors and prepositions”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

Spanish	English
a punto de	about to
según	according to
en realidad	actually
después de que	afterConjunction, followed by a clause
contra	against
de todos modos	all the same
aunque	although
y	and
así pues	as a result
como si	as if
así como	as well as
en casa de	at home ofPreposition, at the dwelling or premises of a person
en el momento de	at the time of
pues	becauseConjunction, formal register
porque	becauseEveryday use
antes de	beforePreposition, followed by a noun
antes de que	beforeConjunction, followed by the subjunctive
sino también	but also
por	byAgent, the one by whom the action is done
incluso si	even if
para	forPreposition, purpose or recipient
de	fromProvenance, origin
además	furthermore
si	if
por si acaso	in case
en lugar de	instead of
asimismo	moreover
sobre	on
por una parte	on one hand
en cambio	on the other handContrast, informal register
visto que	seeing that
desde	sinceStarting point in time
por eso	that is why
por lo tanto	therefore
así	thus
a	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
cuando	whenEveryday use
mientras que	whereasContrast between two facts, with no idea of time
mientras	whileConjunction, followed by a clause
sin que	withoutConjunction, followed by the subjunctive

Level 2: medium 35 words

Spanish	English
encima de	above
tanto más cuanto que	all the more so since
a lo largo de	along
entre	amongWithin a larger group
alrededor	around
como consecuencia de	as a result of
desde	as early asFrom the moment of, without waiting
a partir de	as from
en cuanto	as soon as
a causa de	because of
por otro lado	besides
a pesar de	despite
a pesar de todo	despite everything
debido a	due to
lejos de	far from
a raíz de	following
por ejemplo	for example
por miedo a que	for fear that
delante de	in front ofPosition in space, ahead of
a fin de	in order to
en medio de	in the middle of
en proceso de	in the process of
por cierto	incidentally
en efecto	indeed
en la medida en que	insofar as
cerca de	near
al lado de	next to
ni	nor
si no	otherwise
antes que	rather than
de modo que	so as to
gracias a	thanks to
hasta	untilPreposition, followed by a noun
por medio de	using
con vistas a	with a view to

Level 3: hard 25 words

Spanish	English
en lo que respecta a	as regards
al borde de	at the edge of
más allá	beyond
en pocas palabras	briefly
concerniente a	concerning
por consiguiente	consequently
contrariamente a	contrary to
finalmente	eventually
salvo	except
excepto	except for
en primer lugar	firstly
dicho de otro modo	in other words
en resumen	in short
con todo	nevertheless
aun así	nonetheless
al contrario	on the contrary
por el contrario	on the other handContrast, formal register
bajo pretexto de que	on the pretext that
en el exterior de	outside
a condición de que	provided that
listo para	ready to
en segundo lugar	secondly
ya que	sinceA reason the listener already knows
a través de	through
durante	throughoutFormal register, for the whole duration

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How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Spanish words on “Connectors and prepositions”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 57 at the easy level, 50 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Spanish vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.