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Spanish Connectors
List of Spanish Connector Words and Phrases to Improve Conversation
| Word/Phrase | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Antes que nada | First of all |
| En primer lugar | Firstly |
| En segundo lugar | Secondly |
| En último lugar | Lastly |
| Por un lado/otro lado | On the one/other hand |
| Por último | Finally/Ultimately/Lastly |
| Para empezar | To start with/For a start |
| A continuación | Next/Then |
| Primero/Después/luego | Firstly/Afterwards/Then |
| Finalmente | Finally |
| Para terminar | To Finish/end |
| En cuanto a | As for/With regard to |
| Con relación a | In relation/connection to/Relative to |
| Con respecto a | Regarding/With regards to |
| Por otro parte | On the other hand/Moreover |
| En relación con | In relation to |
| Por lo que refiere a | Regarding/As far as <<...>> is concerned |
| Acerca de | About |
| Además | Besides/Furthermore |
| Asimismo | Also/As well/Likewise |
| También | Also/Too |
| Igualmente | Equally |
| Al mismo tiempo | At the same time/Simultaneously |
| Por otro lado | On the other hand |
| Por otro parte | On the other hand |
| Así pues | So/Therefore |
| Es decir | That is to day/That is/In other words |
| O sea | In other words/That is to say |
| Esto es | This is |
| En afecto | In effect |
| Conviene subrayar | It should be highlighted/underlined |
| Dicho de otra manera | In other words/Said another way |
| En otras palabras | In other words |
| Con esto quiero decir | By this I mean |
| Por ejemplo | For example |
| Concretamente | Specifically/Exactly |
| En concreto | In particular/Exactly |
| Pongamos en caso | Let's assume/suppose |
| Para mí | For me |
| En mi opinión | IN my opinion |
| Yo creo que | I think that |
| A mi entender/parecer | In my opinion/view |
| A mi juicio | In my opinion |
| Según mi punto de vista | According to my understanding/my opinion |
| Personalmente | Personalmente |
| Considero que | I consider/believe that |
| Es posible | It is possible |
| Es probable | It is probable |
| Problemente | Probably |
| Posiblemente | Possibly |
| A lo mejor | Maybe/Perhaps/May/Might/at best |
| Quizá(s) | Perhaps/Maybe |
| Tal vez | Perhaps/Maybe |
| Pero | But |
| Por el (lo) contrario | On the contrary/other hand |
| Aunque | Even though/Although/Even if |
| Sin embargo | However |
| A pesar de | In spite of/Despite |
| No obstante | However/Nevertheless |
| En cambio | Instead/However/Conversely/on the other hand |
| Al contrario | On the contrary/Quite the opposite |
| Por esto | For this reason/That's why |
| Por tanto | Therefore |
| En consecuencia | Consequently |
| Por consiguiente | Therefore/Consequently/As a result/Thus |
| Como resultado | As a result |
| Por lo cual | Therefore/So/Consequently/As a result/Thus |
| De modo/manera que | So that/So/In such a way that |
| De ahí que | That's why/Hence |
| Porque | Because |
| Ya que | Since/Now that |
| Como | As/Like |
| Puesto/dado que | Since/Given that/Because/As |
| A causa de | Because of |
| Debido a | Because of |
| Visto que | Seeing as/Since |
| En resumen | In short/summary |
| En pocas palabras | In short/Briefly |
| Para resumir | In short/To sum up/To Summarise |
| En suma | In short |
| Globalmente | Overall |
| En definitiva | Ultimately/In the end/All in all/In short/To sum up/In short |
| En conclusión | In conclusion/To cut a long story short/To sum up/In short |
| Para finalizar | To finish/In order to finish/To end |
| Para terminar | To end/finish/terminate |
| Para concluir | To conclude/finish/end |
| Por último | Finally/Lastly |