Spanish Subordinating

Conjuctions

Definition: A subordinating conjunction is a word which joins together a dependent clause and an independent clause. Subordinating conjunctions are used to join two sentences when one of them is depending on the first one.

Spanish Subordinating Conjuction

Some of these subordinating conjunctions are:

Spanish	English
a condición de que	on the condition that
a fin de que	so that
a menos que	unless
antes (de) que	before
aunque	although, though
bien que	even though
como	as, since
con tal (de) que	provided that, as long as
cuando	when
mientras que	provided that, as long as
para que	so that
por miedo de que	for fear that
porque	because
pues	as
puesto que	since
que	that
si	if
sin que	without
siempre que	provided that, as long as
tan pronto como	as soon as
ya que	since
en caso de que	in case
en vista de que	in view of the fact that
luego	therefore
hasta que	until
debido a	because of
en tanto que	while
como si	as if, as though
para que no	lest
por que	why
si bien	although, even though

Examples

This is the restaurant that I told you about.
Este es el restaurante del que te hablé.

In this example, the subordinating conjunction "que" introduces the sentence "te hablé" which is dependent on the first sentence "este es el restaurante".

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