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Examples of Spanish prepositions
Once you have learned the complete list of prepositions in Spanish, you must put your knowledge into practice. To do so, here are some examples of Spanish prepositions in sentences for you to understand their use:
- El gato está sobre la mesa (The cat is on the table)
- Voy a la tienda (I'm going to the store)
- El regalo es para ti (The gift is for you)
- Vivo en una ciudad pequeña al lado del río (I live in a small town by the river)
- Salimos con nuestros amigos el sábado (We go out with our friends on Saturday)
- El tren pasa por el túnel (The train goes through the tunnel)
- El libro es de mi hermana (The book is my sister's)
- Llegamos a pesar de la lluvia (We arrived despite the rain)
- El banco está junto a la panadería (The bank is next to the bakery)
- Por culpa del tráfico llegué tarde a la estación (Because of the traffic I was late at the station)
- Hablamos durante el camino a casa sobre los planes del fin de semana (We talked on the way home about the weekend plans)
- La casa está cerca de la playa (The house is near the beach)
- Estoy en contra de esa decisión (I am against that decision)
- El perro duerme debajo de la cama (The dog sleeps under the bed)
- Los niños corren alrededor de la fuente (The children run around the fountain)
- Nos encontramos en medio de una tormenta (We are in the middle of a storm)
- Desde mi trabajo se puede llegar al centro en media hora (From my job you can get to downtown in half an hour)
An important fact to note about prepositions in Spanish is that, unlike colors or articles, they have neither gender nor number. For example, in the sentence above: “El gato está sobre la mesa” (The cat is on the table), the preposition is “sobre” (on), which indicates the spatial relationship between the cat and the table.
Thus, prepositions in Spanish are a fundamental part of grammar and have a fundamental role in oral communication. Keep learning Spanish with donQuijote and don't hesitate to keep practicing your knowledge to become a fluent Spanish speaker.
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Spanish prepositional locutions
Regarding prepositional locutions, they are usually formed by 'preposition + noun + preposition'; but they can also be composed of 'adverb + preposition'. These are the most frequent Spanish prepositional locutions:
- A cargo de (In charge of)
- A causa de (On account of)
- A costa de (At the expense of)
- A falta de (For lack of)
- A fin de (At the end of)
- A fuerza de (On account of)
- A pesar de (In spite of/Despite)
- A propósito de (In spite of/Despite)
- A través de (Through)
- Al lado de (Next to)
- Alrededor de (Around)
- Antes de (Before)
- Cerca de (About)
- Con respecto a (With respect to)
- Con excepción de (Except for)
- De cara a (Facing)
- De conformidad con (In accordance with)
- De parte de (Of part of)
- Debajo de (Under)
- Delante de (In front of)
- Dentro de (Within)
- Después de (After)
- Detrás de (Behind)
- Encima de (Above)
- En bien de (Instead of)
- En lugar de (Instead of)
- En cuanto a (As for)
- En frente de (In front of)
- En medio de (In the middle of)
- En torno a (Around)
- Frente a (In front of)
- Junto a (Next to)
- Lejos de (Away from)
- Por causa de (Because of)
- Por culpa de (Because of)
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