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USO CONECTORES Y ESPAÑOL EJEMPLOS

EXPRESIONES
first / firstly / at first, … en primer lugar - First, my brother and I went
secondly / thirdly, … en segundo, tercer lugar shopping.
in the beginning / to begin primero, para empezar - Then we had a coffee.
Para indicar una with, … acto seguido, después, - After that, we went to the
secuencia o next / then … entonces cinema.
enumerar puntos en at that moment, … en ese momento - Later, we met Susan and had
una argumentación meanwhile, … mientras tanto something to eat.
later/after that/afterwards, … más tarde, después de -Eventually, we went home.
in the end / finally / eso
eventually, … al final, finalmente
- They went on strike because of
their tough work conditions.
because of + sustantivo a causa de - All flights were cancelled due
due to + “ debido a to bad weather.
Para describir una - As they live near us, we see
causa o motivo because + proposición them every day.
since + “ porque - We didn’t go out because it
as + “ was raining.
- As / Since / Because it was too
dark to go on, they decided to
camp here.
in my opinión/to my mind, ... en mi opinión -In my opinion, all scientific
from my point of view / in desde mi punto de vista research should be controlled.
my view, … - All I can say is that, in my
as far as I am concerned, … en lo que a mí respecta view, we are a log way from a
I think / believe / feel that… pienso, creo, siento que “United States of Europe”
Para expresar It seems to me (that)… me parece que - As far as I am concerned, this
opiniones personally, … personalmente would be a foolish thing to do.
It is clear that… está claro que - I believe that a good education
I am against… estoy en contra de is essential for our students.
I (don’t) agree with… (no) estoy de acuerdo - I am against American
con intervention in the war.
to be honest, … para ser sincero I don’t agree with what they
undoubtedly, … indudablemente are doing.
Undoubtedly, many families are
victims of bad housing.
in addition / furthermore / - I don’t want to go shopping.
moreover, … además Besides, I haven’t got any
Para añadir besides / as well … money left.
información - We also listened to some
also (+ verb) también classical music.
too (at the end of the - It was a lovely day but rather
sentence) sad too.
- It is for this purpose that our
for + noun / gerund para + nombre association exists.
- They came to protect us from
Para indicar un to + infinitive our enemies.
propósito in order (not) to + “ para - She left her gun outside so as
so as (not) to + “ not to frighten us.
- She was standing in the
so that + clause para que shadow so that I could not see
her face clearly.
 - Although it rained a lot, they
but … pero enjoyed their Holiday.
however / yet / still / sin embargo, no - Even though it was freezing, I
nevertheless, … obstante went for a walk.
although / (even) though … aunque, a pesar de que - She eats meat, while her
Para contrastar on the contrary / in contrast,. por el contrario husband is vegetarian.
información on the one hand / on the por una parte, por otra - He doesn’t like cats, but he
other hand, … parte loves dogs.
whereas / while … mientras - In spite of feeling tired, they
in spite of / despite + noun / a pesar de decided to go out.
gerund - He is quite athletic in spite of
his age.
- You can take the black dress.
similarly / in the same way / asimismo, del mismo Likewise, you can take the
Para describir una likewise, … modo white dress but not the blue one.
semejanza both … and tanto … como - This character appears both at
the beginning and at the end of
the story.
- He failed his exams, so he had
so / thus… (formal) así pues to take them again.
therefore, … por lo tanto - This is a binding contract.
Para describir un as a result / as a por consiguiente Therefore, we recommend that
resultado consequence, … you review it with your lawyer.
for this reason, … por esta razón - The harvest was bad and coffee
prices are high as a result.
Para describir una in fact / as a matter of fact, ... de hecho - He hasn’t been here long. As a
realidad actually … en realidad matter of fact, he just got off
the plane yesterday.
Para hacer in general / generally, … en general - As a general rule, we don’t
generalizaciones as a (general) rule, … por lo general, por regla allow it.
general
- I mean for instance a man like
for example / for instance, … por ejemplo Andrew.
Para dar ejemplos such as / like … tal(es) como, como - He likes travelling to countries
particularly / in particular, … concretamente such as France, Germany or
Italy.
- To sum up, in our country,
in conclusion, … en conclusión, para rampant inequalities still exist.
Para concluir concluir - Let’s come finally to the
finally / in short / to sum up, finalmente, en breve, question of pensions.
… resumiendo In conclusion, we point out that
there is a very varied
bibliography on this topic.