{"id":8914,"date":"2020-06-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyspanish.com\/?p=8914"},"modified":"2022-08-23T21:28:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:28:02","slug":"compound-prepositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydailyspanish.com\/compound-prepositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know the Compound Prepositions in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a1Hola!<\/em> You may have heard of prepositions, but do you know what Spanish compound prepositions are? Read on to find out more.<\/p>\n

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What is a Spanish compound preposition?<\/h2>\n

The first thing we need to know is what an ordinary preposition<\/a> is! Prepositions are usually small words, which show the relationship between two parts of a sentence. They often refer to location, movement, direction, or time. <\/p>\n

A compound preposition is a composition of words including a preposition, e.g. \u2018encima de<\/strong><\/em>\u2019. In Spanish, these prepositional phrases are known as \u2018locuciones preposicionales<\/em>.\u2019 The whole phrase acts as a single preposition.<\/p>\n

The most likely forms that you\u2019ll come across are \u2018preposition + noun + preposition\u2019 and \u2018adverb + preposition.\u2019<\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019ll go through some of the most common Spanish compound prepositions!<\/p>\n

Common Spanish Compound Prepositions: Location<\/h2>\n