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Prepositions in the Spanish language, like those in other languages, are a set of connecting words (such as ''con'', ''de'' or ''para'') that serve to indicate a relationship between a content word (noun, verb, or adjective) and a following noun phrase (or noun, or pronoun), which is known as the object of the preposition. The relationship is typically spatial or temporal, but prepositions express other relationships as well. As implied by the name, Spanish "prepositions" (like those of English) are positioned ''before'' their objects. Spanish does not place these function words ''after'' their objects, which would be postpositions.

Spanish prepositions can be classified as either "simple", consisting of a single word, or "compound", consisting of two or three words. The prepositions of Spanish form a closed class and so they are a limited set to which new items are rarely added. Many Spanish school pupils memorize the following list: ''a, ante, bajo, cabe, con, contra, de, desde, durante, en, entre, hacia, hasta, mediante, para, por, según, sin, so, sobre, and tras.'' The list includes two archaic prepositions — ''so'' (“under”) and ''cabe'' (“beside”), and it excludes '' vía'' (“by way of, via”) and ''pro'' (“in favor of”), two Latinisms that have been recently adopted into the language.

Some common Spanish prepositions, simple and compound, are listed below with their meanings.

Some frequent simple prepositions in Spanish

''a''

''A'' is most often translated as "to" or "at"; its main uses are the following:

* It indicates movement to a destination:
** ''Viajaron a Madrid.'' = "They traveled to Madrid."
** ''Llegaron a Madrid.'' = "They arrived in Madrid."
* It indicates a stationary point on a quantitative scale, as in telling time (but usually not a spatial location, which is normally expressed by ''en''):
** ''Llegaron a las dos.'' = "They arrived at two o'clock."
** ''Se venden a dos dólares la libra.'' = "They are sold at two dollars a pound."
* It introduces infinitives after several common verbs, including ''ir'' ("to be going to o something, a periphrastic future), ''volver'' ("to o somethingagain"), ''comenzar'', ''empezar'' (both "to begin"), ''ayudar'' ("to help"), ''aprender'' ("to learn"), and ''enseñar'' ("to teach"):
** ''Voy a enfadarme.'' = "I am going to become angry."
** ''Aprende no sólo a hablar sino también a escribir el castellano.'' = "Do not just learn to speak Spanish, but also to write it", "Learn not just to speak, but also to write Spanish."
* It introduces a direct object referring either to a person or a personalised