Transitional vocabulary

You use transition words regularly in your everyday speech and writing, whether you recognise it or not! 

In every language, transition words are beautiful tools that help us to connect our ideas and give a natural flow to the rhythm of our speech—and they’re vital to learn to improve your Spanish fluency. 

Keep reading to learn all there is to know about transition words in Spanish, what types of transition words exist, and how to use them.  

What Are Transition Words?

Transition words are all those words and phrases that you use to connect ideas between sentences. These words allow you to “transition” from one sentence to other in a smooth way. They provide affluence to the language, since without them, our ideas would instead be separated by harsh breaks and a robotic-kind of speech and writing.

Every language has its own share of transition words, and Spanish is no exception. Learning these words and phrases will help you to sound more natural in your speaking and in your writing.

Types of Transition Words in Spanish

In Spanish, you can use transition words for different purposes. Depending on your purpose you get a different type of transition word: 

Let’s see each one of them in turn, to learn how you can easily introduce them into your Spanish speaking and improve your writing too.

• For time
• For place
• To explain an idea
• To add an idea
• To contrast and compare
• To summarise

If your goal is to be fluent in Spanish, transition words are a crucial area of study. For that reason, it might be a good idea to keep the following list at hand, as you will always need a good transition word to make your speech and writing sound more natural. 

Now that you know how useful transition words in Spanish can be, start using them in real life conversations and see how much your speaking in Spanish improves.