(We've already arrived.)
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(I'm going to finish this work now.)
Note that luego, después and más tarde can be used interchangeably when describing a succession of events or giving instructions.
If we’re looking at where one thing is relative to another, we can use these transitional phrases:
/ | Here | (Let's go. There's no one here.) |
There | tienes. (There you go.) | |
/ | Over there | voy. (There I go.) |
/ | Outside | del banco. (I'm outside the bank.) |
Next to | un hermoso parque (My house is next to a beautiful park.) |
If we need some help in explaining something smoothly, we can use these words to provide context:
For example | : lápices, bolígrafos, cuadernos y papel. (We sell stationary, for example pencils, pens, notebooks and paper.) | |
That is to say, that is | , estoy muy cansado. (I've worked out for three hours, that is, I am very tired.) | |
Since | no había clientes, cerré la tienda. (Since there were no clients, I closed the shop.) | |
/ | Including | el amarillo y el naranja. (I like warm colors, including yellow and orange.) |
Since | tú no quieres ir. (I'm going alone, since you don't want to go.) | |
/ | Among others | . (There are many different fruits: apples, pears, grapes among others.) |
If you’ve made one statement, but have additional details to add, you can tack them on with these words:
And | me duele la cabeza. (I'm tired and I have a headache.) | |
In addition (to), furthermore, moreover, besides | me dijo que no tenía dinero. (In addition, he told me he didn't have any money.) | |
Also, as well, too | (I want the red one, too.) | |
Also, similarly, likewise, furthermore | , deberíamos llamar al cliente. (We need to finish the project. Also, we should call the client.) | |
Similarly, likewise, furthermore | , el contrato será firmado por todas las partes. (Likewise, the contract will be signed by all the parties.) | |
Similarly, likewise, by the same token | , todos los estudiantes deben aprobar el examen. (By the same token, all students must past the test.) | |
On the other hand, what's more | , todavía estamos esperando su respuesta. (What's more, we're still waiting for his answer.) | |
Moreover, on the other hand | , me gustaría volver a París. (On the other hand, I'd like to go back to Paris.) | |
Besides | , olvidé mi cartera. (We can stop by the house, besides, I forgot my wallet.) |
Just remember that y can only connect two words, phrases or sentences of the same category. This is called coordination, and y is a coordinating conjunction.
When referring to cause and effects, you can use these phrases to transition from one to the other:
As a result | , se mudó a Polonia. (As a result, he moved to Poland.) | |
As a consequence, accordingly | , desde ahora hablaremos solo en español. (Accordingly, we'll only speak Spanish from now on.) | |
As a consequence of | ello, no pude ver a mi hermano. (I arrived late and, as a consequence of that, I wasn't able to see my brother.) | |
/ / | Therefore, for this reason, that's why | llegué tarde. (I overslept, that's why I arrived late.) |
Therefore, thus | , debemos tomar medidas preventivas. (Therefore, we have to take preventive measures.) | |
Therefore, thus | , el resultado será publicado mañana. (Therefore, the result will be published tomorrow.) | |
For this reason | , las botellas de plástico están prohibidas. (For this reason, plastic bottles are forbidden.) | |
So | volvimos a casa. (The shop was closed, so we went back home.) | |
So, thus | pude aprobar el examen. (I studied a lot and thus I could pass the exam.) |
Using these transition words correctly will really strengthen whichever part of your phrase that you emphasize it with:
Particularly, especially, above all | para niños. (That's very dangerous, especially for children.) | |
Especially | en agosto. (We go to the beach very often, especially in August.) | |
Effectively, indeed, actually, really, truly | , los estudiantes nuevos no han venido. (Indeed, the new students haven't come.) | |
Effectively, indeed, actually, really, truly | te ves cansado. (You really look tired.) | |
In fact, indeed, as a matter of fact | , nunca he estado allí. (It wasn't me. In fact, I've never been there.) | |
Especially, particularly, mainly | para exportar. (We use them mainly for export.) | |
Indeed | creo que deberías decirle. (Indeed, I think you should tell her.) |
Comparing and contrasting requires lots of transition words in order to flow and make sense:
Like | una vaca. (She's strong like a cow.) | |
Conversely, vice-versa | (He takes care of her and vice-versa.) | |
But | lo compraré. (I don't need it, but I'll buy it.) | |
But | tres. (There weren't two but three.) | |
Although, while, even though, even if | llueva. (We'll go even if it rains.) | |
However, nevertheless, notwithstanding | , no podemos estar juntos. (I love her. However, we can't be together.) | |
Still, even so, nevertheless | , fui a la fiesta. (I was very tired. Still, I went to the party.) | |
However, nevertheless | la semana pasada compró un coche nuevo. (He says he doesn't have any money. However, last week he bought a new car.) | |
Despite, in spite of | la lluvia, fuimos al zoo. (In spite of the rain, we went to the zoo.) | |
On the contrary | , nunca dijo la verdad. (On the contrary, he never told the truth.) | |
Contrary to, as opposed to | lo esperado, ganamos el partido. (Contrary to expectations, we won the match.) | |
By contrast, on the other hand | , cualquier violación del contrato será castigada. (On the other hand, any contract violation shall be punished.) |
Sometimes we need some help transitioning into a concluding statement, which is why these terms can come in handy:
In short, in a nutshell, in summary, in essence | , es uno de los mejores coches del mercado. (In essence, it's one of the best cars in the market.) | |
To sum up | veamos nuestras notas una vez más. (To sum up, we'll look at our notes one more time.) | |
In general | , podemos decir que la campaña no fue un éxito. (In general, we can say the campaign was not a success.) | |
After all, all in all | , seguimos juntos. (All in all, we're still together.) | |
In conclusion | este año ha sido muy bueno. (In conclusion, this has been a very good year.) |
Now that you’ve learned some Spanish transition words, it’s time to test your knowledge! Choose the best option to complete each sentence in the quiz below. To retake the quiz, just refresh the page.
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By Alex Kingsbury
Mr. Kingsbury is a contributing writer for Opinion. He was a member of the editorial board from 2018 to 2024 and wrote extensively about political violence .
This month, near my hometown in Maine, I found myself driving behind a pickup truck festooned with stickers — some patriotic, some military, some funny. But a sticker with 13 stars encircling a Roman numeral III snagged my attention.
Most adhesive-based sloganeering is about as subtle as a brick through a window, but sometimes it winks and nods. This particular symbol belongs to a group called the Three Percenters , a loosely organized movement named for the supposed 3 percent of the population of the 13 colonies that fought British rule. It’s also been called a radical gun-rights group and an extremist paramilitary organization. Many veterans of the military and law enforcement are affiliated with it. Numerous self-declared members were convicted of serious crimes for taking part in the Jan. 6 attack.
Maybe that sticker caught my eye because at that moment, I was also listening to radio news reports on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Or maybe it was because I have spent years following reporting on political violence in the United States and thinking about how to thwart it. Once one is literate in far-right symbolism — say, an Appeal to Heaven or Gadsden flag — it’s hard not to notice it everywhere. Our society is shot through with ideas and movements that are openly hostile to peaceful self-government.
That’s why, as alarming as it was, the attempt on Mr. Trump’s life was unsurprising to many people who have watched with growing horror the rising tide of political violence over the past few years: the assault on the husband of the speaker of the House, the threats to kill a Supreme Court justice and the former vice president, the plot to kidnap a governor, mass shootings in mosques and synagogues and grocery stores, the attacks on Jan. 6. One of the most hyped movies this year has been “Civil War,” which imagines the country plunged into armed conflict after a president refuses to leave office. This is the spirit of our times.
The societal trends that have fertilized the ground for political violence are well known: a near-religious worship of the AR-15 semiautomatic military-style rifle and a cult of apocalyptic militarism that surrounds its marketing, the toleration of armed paramilitary groups, the spread of extreme anti-government sentiments among those in uniform, the morass of conspiracies disseminated for financial and political gain, the open embrace of explicitly anti-democratic ideas by the Republican Party.
That brief moment with the truck might have passed into the rearview mirror of my life except that the driver failed to come to a complete halt at a stop sign and was pulled over by a police officer.
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Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec joined the exclusive list of people to light an Olympic cauldron when they set alight the Mathieu Lehanneur-designed boiler in Paris on Friday.
It looked as if Zinedine Zidane would light it, but he handed it off to Rafael Nadal . The Spanish tennis legend took the flame from French football hero Zidane in a unifying twist to the flame's path to Paris.
The man they call Zizou was a tremendous football player for Spanish club Real Madrid and Nadal is one of the most dominant French Open competitors of all-time.
It would've been a pretty selfless gesture from France as the hosts to defer honor to their southwestern neighbor, and it was, but Nadal would give the torch to American tennis star Serena Williams , then Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci , and then American sprinter Carl Lewis .
Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on the torch, with the final job going to Riner and Perec.
So who are they?
Guadeloupe-born Teddy Riner , 35, has won gold in judo at three-consecutive Olympic Games.
He also has a pair of bronze medals and dozens of medals won outside of the Olympics.
Marie-Jose Perec , 56, was also born in Guadeloupe and also has three gold medals to her name, winning one at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and two at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
The Olympic cauldron for these Games is "a tribute to the first flight in a hydrogen-filled gas balloon," which was invented in-part by French physicist Jacques Charles.
The ring of flames is seven meters in diameter and the 'balloon' is 30 meters high and 22 meters wide.
Designer Mathieu Lehanneur's creation is said to "conclude" the allegory of the French motto of equality and fraternity.
The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods."
A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 to showcase the tournament's location to the surrounding community.
The Olympic flame relay has its genesis in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, when secretary general Carl Diem suggested a flame lit in Greece make its way to Germany.
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To sound natural when writing in Spanish, it is important to use conectores ( transition words ). Transition words link your ideas together, allowing them to flow smoothly from one sentence to the next.
There are many types of transition words you can use when you are writing in Spanish. Let’s take a closer look!
The following transition words help us arrange ideas, events, and reasons according to their order of importance or to the order in which they happened chronologically .
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, el uso excesivo de los antibióticos ha llevado al desarrollo de bacterias resistentes. En segundo lugar, los médicos deberían explorar alternativas naturales. |
, mi hermanastro y yo no nos llevábamos bien. |
Use these transition words to make a connection between cause and effect .
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la sequía severa, muchos agricultores quebraron. |
como consecuencia, el gasto de los consumidores se redujo. |
The following transition words add information , express agreement , and reinforce relationships and ideas that came before .
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sino también muy elegante. |
De igual modo, los estudiantes universitarios dinamarqueses no tienen que pagar matrícula. |
The following transitions are used to introduce examples as support , emphasize a particular fact , or explain a point .
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concretamente la delincuencia. |
En otras palabras, el señor Johnson será un hombre libre. |
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por otro lado, es una gran responsabilidad. |
Sin embargo, sigue siendo una opción popular para el tratamiento del dolor crónico en el Lejano Oriente. |
These transition words can be used to conclude an argument or to summarize ideas .
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, el mundo sería un lugar mejor sin redes sociales. |
, la fiesta salió bien. |
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concentrarse en - to focus on. sostener - to sustain. reflejar - to reflect. considerando (que) - considering (that) siendo realista - realistically speaking. de cierto modo - in a way. en lo que se refiere a - with regards to. en vista de - in view of. de acuerdo a - according to.
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Aunque no tengo mucho tiempo, voy a ir a la fiesta. (Although I don't have much time, I'll go to the party.)No tengo mucho tiempo. Además, voy a ir a la fiesta. (I don't have much time. Besides, I'm going to the party.). Types of Spanish Transition Words. Depending on the meaning of your sentence, you'll want to use a different set of transition words to help you with it.
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Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec joined the exclusive list of people to light an Olympic cauldron when they set alight the Mathieu Lehanneur-designed boiler in Paris on Friday.. It looked as if Zinedine Zidane would light it, but he handed it off to Rafael Nadal.The Spanish tennis legend took the flame from French football hero Zidane in a unifying twist to the flame's path to Paris.
In this article, we've prepared a list of words that will help you write that Spanish essay without even breaking a sweat. Spanish. English. por lo tanto. therefore. sin embargo. however. rendimiento. performance.
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The following transition words help us arrange ideas, events, and reasons according to their order of importance or to the order in which they happened chronologically. al final. in the end. al principio. at/in the beginning or to begin with. antes. before. ante todo. first of all / first and foremost.