Spanish Transition Words and Connectors

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering Spanish discourse markers, connectors, and transitional phrases along with their English equivalents.

Además

Furthermore

Incluso

Even

Asimismo

Likewise

Por otro lado

On the other hand

Ya que

Since

Debido a que

Due to the fact that

Puesto que

Given that

Sin embargo

However

Aunque

Although

En cambio

In contrast

Mientras que

Whereas

A pesar de que

Despite the fact that

No obstante

Nevertheless

Por lo tanto

Therefore

Así que

So

Como resultado

As a result

Es decir

In other words

Al principio

At first

Luego

Then

Mientras tanto

Meanwhile

Lograr

To achieve / manage

Conseguir

To obtain / manage

Aprovechar

To take advantage

Evitar

To avoid

Suponer

To suppose

Parecer

To seem

Darse cuenta

To realize

Depender

To depend

Ocurrir

To happen

Soler

To usually do

Mantener

To maintain

Mejorar

To improve

Desarrollar

To develop

Aumentar

To increase

Disminuir

To decrease

Permitir

To allow

Impedir

To prevent

Intentar

To try

Acostumbrarse

To get used to

Enfrentarse

To face

Preocuparse

To worry

Arrepentirse

To regret

Admitir

To admit

Aclarar

To clarify

Apoyar

To support

Comprobar

To verify / check

Considerar

To consider

Convencer

To convince

Cumplir

To fulfill / comply

Decidir

To decide

Descubrir

To discover

Elegir

To choose

Explicar

To explain

Expresar

To express

Faltar

To be missing / to lack

Fijarse

To pay attention to / notice

Funcionar

To function / work

Imaginar

To imagine

Incluir

To include

Insistir

To insist

Necesitar

To need

Ofrecer

To offer

Olvidar

To forget

Participar

To participate

Plantear

To raise / present an issue

Proponer

To propose / suggest

Reconocer

To recognize

Recomendar

To recommend

Resolver

To solve

Resultar

To turn out / result

Seguir

To follow / continue

Valorar

To value / appreciate

Por eso

That's why / therefore

Por si acaso

Just in case

De hecho

In fact

En realidad

Actually / in reality

En cuanto

As soon as

Siempre que

Whenever / provided that

A menos que

Unless

Con tal de que

As long as

Por ejemplo

For example

En primer lugar

First of all

Finalmente

Finally

En resumen

In summary

En lugar de

Instead of

A través de

Through

Según

According to

Apenas

Hardly / barely

Todavía

Still / yet

Quizás

Perhaps / maybe

Probablemente

Probably

Frecuentemente

Frequently