Spanish appx b vocab

a partir de

beginning with

al + infinitive

upon...

al principio

at the beginning

como punto departida

as a point of departure

en primer lugar

in the first place

para empezar

to begin

a la (misma) vez

at the same time

adem�s

besides, furthermore

ahora mismo

right now

al mismo tiempo

at the same time

antes de + infinitive

before...

con respecto a

with respect to

de antemano

beforehand, in advance

de aqu�/hoy en adelante

from now on

dentro de poco

shortly, in a little while

hace poco

a short while ago

despu�s de + infinitive

after

durante

during

encuantro

as soon as

en la actualidad

presently

entonces

then

hasta la fecha

until now

hoy el d�a

nowadays

luego

then, later

mientras

while

mientras tanto

meanwhile

para continuar

to continue

primero

first

tambi�n

also

tampoco

neither, nor... either

tan pronto como

as soon as

y

and

a pesar de (que)

in spite of (the fact that)

aunque

although

como

as, inasmuch as

de lo contrario

otherwise

de ninguna manera

by no means

en cambio

on the other hand

pero

but

por el contrario, al contrario

on the contrary

sin embargo

however, nevertheless

sino

but

sino que

but rather

as� que

so, therefore

con relaci�n a

in relation to

con respecto a

with respect to

conviene indiciar/se�alar

it is suitable to indicate/pointout

de ese modo

in that way, so

de modo/manera que

so(that)

encuanto a

regarding

hablando de

speaking of, in reference to

no...sino (que)

not...but rather

por lo com�n

as a rule, usually

por lo general

generally

por otro lado

on the other hand

por un lado

on the one hand

tambi�n viene al cuso

it is also to the point