Spanish Conjunctions

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Conjunctions in Spanish (conjunciones en español) are used to connect words, phrases, express contrast or to add information. Spanish conjunctions can be grouped into two categories; coordinating and subordinating.

Spanish Coordinating Conjunctions Chart

Coordinating Conjunctions in Spanish (conjunciones de coordinación en español) are used to coordinate or join different words or phrases. See how to use coordinating conjunctions in Spanish.

Conjunction	Meaning	Example
Aunque	although, even, even though	Llegaremos aunque sea tarde. We will arrive even if it is late.
E	and	Laura habla español e inglés. Laura speaks Spanish and English.
Es decir	that is, that is to say	Estoy cansado y tengo trabajo que hacer, es decir, no podré salir esta noche. I am tired and I have work to do, that is, I will not be able to go out tonight.
Excepto	except for	Todos iremos a la playa excepto Mary. We will all go to the beach except for Mary.
Mas	but	Carla es adulta, mas es muy ingenua. Carla is an adult, but she is very naive.
Ni…ni	neither… nor	No quiero ni carne ni pollo. I don’t want neither meat nor chicken.
No obstante	however, nevertheless	Me gusta el té, no obstante prefiero café. I like tea, however I prefer coffee.
O	or	¿Quieres una pera o una naranja? Do you want a pear or an orange?
Pero	but	Quiero aprender portugués, pero no tengo tiempo. I want to learn Portuguese, but I don’t have time.
Sin embargo	however	Tania es alérgica a las flores, sin embargo, tiene algunas en su patio. Tania is allergic to flowers, however, she has some in her backyard.
U	or	Esta billetera vale alrededor de setenta u ochenta euros. This wallet is worth around seventy or eighty euros.
Y	and	Yo hablo español y francés. I speak Spanish and French.

Spanish Subordinating Conjunctions Chart

Subordinating conjunctions in Spanish (conjunciones subordinadas en español) are clauses that cannot stand alone because their meaning are dependent on each other. See how to use subordinating conjunctions in Spanish.

Conjunction	Meaning	Examples
A fin de que	in order to, so that	Me gustaría que hablemos a fin de que podamos llevarnos mejor. I would like us to talk so that we can get along better.
Como	as, if, since	Como estaba cansada, me fui a dormir. Since I was tired, I went to sleep.
Con tal de que	as long as	Puedes ir al parque, con tal de que termines tu tarea. You can go to the park, as long as you finish your homework.
Para que	so that	Lucía se pone crema para que la quemadura se cure. Lucia puts on cream so that the burn heals.
Porque	because	Bryan se ha quedado en casa porque tiene trabajo que hacer. Bryan has stayed home because he has to work to do.
Puesto que	since	Puesto que no te gusta mi comida, no cocinaré para ti. Since you don’t like my food, I won’t cook for you.
Si	if	Si no vienes temprano a la fiesta, no comerás pastel. If you don’t come to the party early, you won’t eat cake.
Siempre que	as long as	Podemos ir al cine siempre que veamos una película de terror. We can go to the cinema as long as we see a horror movie.
Ya que	since	No podemos salir esta noche, ya que tenemos mucho trabajo. We can’t go out tonight, since we have a lot of work.