Spanish Prepositions – Preposiciones españolas

Personal notes from this LINGVIST lesson

Other than the contraction of a and de with el (al and del, respectively), prepositions do not change to show gender/number, etc. like many other Spanish words.

Spanish Prepositions	English Equivalents
a	at, to
ante	before, in the face of, in the presence of
bajo	under, below
con	with
contra	against, in exchange for
de	of, about, from
desde	since, from
durante	during, for
en	in, into, by, inside, within, at
entre	between, among, amongst
excepto	except (for)
hacia	towards, about, around
hasta	as far as, up to, until, till
mediante	by means of
para	for, in order to, toward
por	because of, (in order) to, for, by, through, per
según	according to, depending on
sin	without
sobre	on (top of), over, above, about, upon
tras	after (later in time / in search of), behind (on the other side of)

Spanish Prepositions	English Equivalents
además de	as well as, in addition to, besides
al lado de	beside
alrededor de	around, about
antes de, delante de	before
a pesar de	despite
cerca de	near, close (to)
con respecto a	in respect of
de acuerdo con	in accordance with
debajo de	under, underneath
delante de	in front of
dentro de	in, inside, into, within
encima de	on (top of), above, over
(en) frente a/de	opposite, towards
fuera de, a excepción de	except for, apart from
junto a	next to, right by, near

En

“en” in the same way as “in,” while in others the usage diverges from English. Such as Location, Time, Describing “How”, and Subjects or Skills.

De

“de” can correspond to “of,” “to,” “from,” and even “by” in English in the following contexts: Ownership, Origin, Topic or “Aboutness”, Location, From Here to There, Bits and Pieces, When, Causes, and What it’s made of.