Spanish Prepositions

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Spanish Prepositions

Learning the Spanish Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Spanish prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions	Spanish Prepositions
Prepositions	Preposiciones
inside the house	dentro de la casa
outside the car	fuera del coche
with me	conmigo
without him	sin él
under the table	bajo la mesa
after tomorrow	pasado mañana
before sunset	antes del atardecer
but I'm busy	pero yo estoy ocupado

Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Spanish.

List of Prepositions in Spanish

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Spanish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Spanish vocabulary.

English Prepositions	Spanish Prepositions
about	sobre
above	por encima
across	a través de
after	después de
against	contra
among	entre
around	alrededor de
as	como
at	en
before	antes
behind	detrás de
below	por debajo de
beneath	bajo
beside	al lado de
between	entre
beyond	más allá de
but	pero
by	por
despite	a pesar de
down	abajo
during	durante
except	salvo
for	para
from	de
in	en
inside	dentro
into	en
near	cerca de
next	próximo
of	de
on	en
opposite	opuesto
out	fuera
outside	fuera
over	encima
per	por
plus	más
round	alrededor
since	desde
than	que
through	a través de
till	hasta
to	a
toward	hacia
under	bajo
unlike	a diferencia de
until	hasta
up	arriba
via	vía
with	con
within	dentro de
without	sin

two words	dos palabras
according to	de acuerdo con
because of	a causa de
close to	cerca de
due to	debido a
except for	salvo
far from	lejos de
inside of	dentro de
instead of	en lugar de
near to	cerca de
next to	al lado de
outside of	fuera de
prior to	antes de

three words	tres palabras
as far as	en lo que
as well as	así como
in addition to	además de
in front of	delante de
in spite of	a pesar de
on behalf of	en nombre de
on top of	encima de

demonstratives	preposiciones demostrativas
this	esto/ esta
that	que
these	estos
those	aquellos

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