Spanish Prepositions

A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence, usually indicating the objects relationship in time or space in comparison to the content of the rest of the sentence. For example:

"The book is under the table."
- The preposition is "under," which indicates the book's spatial relationship with the table.
"She read a magazine during classtime."
- The preposition is "during," which indicates the temporal relationship between reading the magazine and classtime.

Common Simple Prepositions

a	to, at
ante	before, in the presence of
bajo	under, below
con	with
contra	against
de	of, from,
desde	from, since
durante	during
en	in, on, into, upon, at, of
entre	among, between
excepto	except, but
hacia	towards
hasta	as far as, until, up to
para	for, in order to
por	for, through, by
según	according to
sin	without
sobre	on, upon, about
tras	after

Common Prepositional Phrases

conforme a	according to
contrario a	contrary to
frente a	facing, opposite to
junto a	close to
respeto a	in regard to
acerca de	about, regarding
además de	besides
alrededor de	around
antes de	before (in time)
cerca de	near
debajo de	under
delante de	before, in front of (place)
dentro de	within, inside of
después de	after (in time)
detrás de	after, behind (place)
encima de	over, on, above
enfrente de	in front of
fuera de	outside of
a causa de	on account of
a fin de	in order to
a pesar de	in spite of
al lado de	next to, by the side of
en cuanto a	as to, with respect to
en lugar de	instead of
en vez de	instead of