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On the one hand, on the other hand in Spanish
The most common connectives to express "on (the) one hand.., on the other hand" in Spanish are: "Por un lado..., por otro lado..."
They are used to enumerate/order two different ideas in a sentence; usually creating a contrast between the two ideas in the sentence.
In addition, also, moreover... in Spanish
Bear in mind that sometimes it simply "adds" (plus..., in addition..., also..., moreover..., besides...) an extra element.
Have a look at these examples:
Por un lado, los precios han subido, pero por otro lado, los impuestos han bajado.On one hand, the prices have gone up, but on the other, taxes have gone down.
Por un lado [first idea], por otro lado [second idea]
It is important to know that:
Although in English the word used is "hand", in Spanish it is "lado" (side); literally "for one side..., for another side"
Sometimes, the first part is omitted and we only use "por otro lado":
Just like in English sometimes we omit "lado" in the second part:
Bear in mind that we also use "Por otra parte" as a synonym of "Por otro lado":
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