Spanish coordinating conjunctions

A useful list of Spanish conjunctions to join words or clauses of the same rank.

Spanish vocabulary


y, e		and
ni ... ni		neither ... nor
o, u		or
o bien		or else
ya ... ya		whether ... or
bien ... bien		either ... or
o...o		either ... or
uno ... otro		one ... another
tanto ... como		as much ... as
pero		but
mas		but
aunque		though, although, even though, in spite of
sin embargo		however, nevertheless
no obstante		nevertheless
antes		rather (formal)
antes bien		rather
por lo demás		otherwise, apart from that
sino		but, except
excepto		except, apart from
es decir		that is to say, meaning
esto es		this is, rather
en cambio		whereas