Spanish Prepositions Cheat Sheet

A comprehensive guide to Spanish prepositions

Preposition	Translation
a	to / at
a base de	by means of, made from
a bordo de	aboard, on board
a cambio de	in exchange for
a cargo de	in charge of
a causa de	because of
a consecuencia de	as a consequence of
a costa de	at the cost of
a falta de	lacking, in the absence of
a favor de	in favor of
a fin de	in order to
a fuerza de	by force of
a lo largo de	along
a partir de	starting from
a partir desde	starting from (colloquial variant)
a pesar de	despite
a punta de	by force of, using
a raíz de	as a result of
a través de	through
abajo de	below
adentro de	inside
afuera de	outside
al lado de	beside
alrededor de	around
ante	before / in the presence of
antes de	before
arriba de	above
bajo	under / below
basado en	based on
cerca de	near
con	with
con base en	based on
con respecto a	regarding
con rumbo a	heading toward
contra	against
de	of / from
de acuerdo con	according to
de lado de	on the side of
debajo de	underneath
debido a	due to
delante de	in front of
dentro de	inside
desde	from / since (time)
después de	after
detrás de	behind
durante	during
en	in / on / at / into
en busca de	in search of
en caso de	in case of
en contra de	against
en cuanto a	regarding
en dirección a	in the direction of
en frente de	in front of
en función de	depending on, according to
en lugar de	instead of
en medio de	in the middle of
en nombre de	in the name of
en torno a	around, about
en vez de	instead of
en vista de	in view of
entre	between / among
excepto	except
frente a	facing
hacia	toward / about
hasta	until / up to
junto a	next to
junto con	together with
lejos de	far from
mediante	via / through
para	for / in order to
por	for / through / by
por alrededor de	around (quantity estimate)
por causa de	because of
por culpa de	because of, due to someone or something
por debajo de	below
por delante de	ahead of
por dentro	inside
por dentro de	inside of
por detrás de	behind
por encima de	above
por fuera	outside
por fuera de	outside of
por medio de	by means of
por motivo de	due to
por parte de	on the part of
por razón de	on account of
rumbo a	toward
salvo	except
según	according to
sin	without
sobre	on / upon / about
tras	behind / after
vía	via, through

Preposition

Translation

to / at

a base de

by means of, made from

a bordo de

aboard, on board

a cambio de

in exchange for

a cargo de

in charge of

a causa de

because of

a consecuencia de

as a consequence of

a costa de

at the cost of

a falta de

lacking, in the absence of

a favor de

in favor of

a fin de

in order to

a fuerza de

by force of

a lo largo de

along

a partir de

starting from

a partir desde

starting from (colloquial variant)

a pesar de

despite

a punta de

by force of, using

a raíz de

as a result of

a través de

through

abajo de

below

adentro de

inside

afuera de

outside

al lado de

beside

alrededor de

around

ante

before / in the presence of

antes de

before

arriba de

above

bajo

under / below

basado en

based on

cerca de

near

con

with

con base en

based on

con respecto a

regarding

con rumbo a

heading toward

contra

against

of / from

de acuerdo con

according to

de lado de

on the side of

debajo de

underneath

debido a

due to

delante de

in front of

dentro de

inside

desde

from / since (time)

después de

after

detrás de

behind

durante

during

in / on / at / into

en busca de

in search of

en caso de

in case of

en contra de

against

en cuanto a

regarding

en dirección a

in the direction of

en frente de

in front of

en función de

depending on, according to

en lugar de

instead of

en medio de

in the middle of

en nombre de

in the name of

en torno a

around, about

en vez de

instead of

en vista de

in view of

entre

between / among

excepto

except

frente a

facing

hacia

toward / about

hasta

until / up to

junto a

next to

junto con

together with

lejos de

far from

mediante

via / through

para

for / in order to

por

for / through / by

por alrededor de

around (quantity estimate)

por causa de

because of

por culpa de

because of, due to someone or something

por debajo de

below

por delante de

ahead of

por dentro

inside

por dentro de

inside of

por detrás de

behind

por encima de

above

por fuera

outside

por fuera de

outside of

por medio de

by means of

por motivo de

due to

por parte de

on the part of

por razón de

on account of

rumbo a

toward

salvo

except

según

according to

sin

without

sobre

on / upon / about

tras

behind / after

vía

via, through