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Spanish Essay Phrases: 40 Useful Phrases for an Impressive Writeup
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Do you need to write a lot of essays in Spanish? If you do, don’t worry. It's about to get a little bit easier for you because here in this article, we’ve listed many useful Spanish essay phrases that you can readily use in your essays.
Feel free to pepper your essays with the words and expressions from this list. It would certainly elevate your essays and impress your teachers. You're welcome!
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51 Spanish Phrases for Essays to Impress with Words
- January 7, 2021
Joanna Lupa
Communicating in a foreign language is hard enough, even in everyday situations, when no sophisticated or academic vocabulary is needed.
Being able to write an actual essay in Spanish requires you not only to have a solid grammar base but also be knowledgeable about specific phrases and words typically used in school and university writing.
For those of you who study in one of the Spanish speaking countries or are toying with the idea of signing up for an exchange program, I have prepared a summary of useful Spanish phrases for essays. They are divided into the following categories:
- Connectors (sequence, contrast, cause and effect, additional information, and conclusion)
- Expressions to give your opinion, agree and disagree with a thesis
- fancy academic expressions
Spanish Connectors to Use in Essays
Written language tends to be more formal than the spoken one. Ideas get explained in complex sentences showing how they relate to each other. A fantastic tool to achieve that is connectors.
What are some useful Spanish connectors for essays? Let’s have a look at the ten examples below:
- 🇪🇸 primero – 🇬🇧 first
- 🇪🇸 segundo – 🇬🇧 second
- 🇪🇸 el siguiente argumento – 🇬🇧 the next argument
- 🇪🇸 finalmente – 🇬🇧 finally, last but not least
- 🇪🇸 sin embargo – 🇬🇧 however, nevertheless, nonetheless
- 🇪🇸 por lo tanto – 🇬🇧 therefore, thus
- 🇪🇸 además – 🇬🇧 besides
- 🇪🇸 por un lado….por el otro lado – 🇬🇧 on the one hand….on the other hand
- 🇪🇸 a menos que – 🇬🇧 unless
- 🇪🇸 a pesar de (algo) – 🇬🇧 despite / in spite of (something)
- 🇪🇸 aunque / a pesar de que – 🇬🇧 although / even though
- 🇪🇸 debido a – 🇬🇧 due to
- 🇪🇸 puesto que / dado que – 🇬🇧 given that
- 🇪🇸 ya que – 🇬🇧 since
- 🇪🇸 mientras que – 🇬🇧 whereas
- 🇪🇸 en conclusión – 🇬🇧 in conclusion
- 🇪🇸 para concluir – 🇬🇧 to conclude
Do you think you would know how to use these connectors in an essay? Let’s suppose you are writing about ecology:
🇪🇸 Los paises han estado cambiando sus politicas. Sin embargo, aún queda mucho por hacer. 🇬🇧 Countries have been changing their policies. However, there is still a lot to do.
🇪🇸 Una de las amenazas climáticas es el efecto invernadero. Además está la contaminación del agua que presenta un serio riesgo para la salud. 🇬🇧 One of the climate threats is the greenhouse effect. Besides, there is water pollution that presents a severe health hazard.
🇪🇸 A pesar de los acuerdos internacionales, varios países no han mejorado sus normas ambientales. 🇬🇧 Despite international agreements, many countries haven’t yet improved their environmental standards.
🇪🇸 Debido a la restricción en el uso de bolsas de plástico desechables, Chile ha podido reducir su huella de carbono. 🇬🇧 Due to the restrictions in the use of disposable plastic bags, Chile has been able to reduce its carbon print.
Spanish Phrases to Express Your Opinion in Essays
Essay topics commonly require you to write what you think about something. Or whether you agree or disagree with an idea, a project, or someone’s views.
The words below will allow you to express your opinion effortlessly and go beyond the typical “creo que ” – “ I think ”:
- 🇪🇸 (yo) opino que – 🇬🇧 in my opinion
- 🇪🇸 me parece que – 🇬🇧 it seems to me
- 🇪🇸 desde mi punto de vista – 🇬🇧 from my point of view
- 🇪🇸 (no) estoy convencido que – 🇬🇧 I am (not) convinced that
- 🇪🇸 no me cabe la menor duda – 🇬🇧 I have no doubt
- 🇪🇸 estoy seguro que – 🇬🇧 I’m sure
- 🇪🇸 dudo que – 🇬🇧 I doubt
- 🇪🇸 sospecho que – 🇬🇧 I suspect
- 🇪🇸 asumo que – 🇬🇧 I assume
- 🇪🇸 estoy (totalmente, parcialmente) de acuerdo – 🇬🇧 I (totally, partially) agree
- 🇪🇸 no estoy de acuerdo en absoluto – 🇬🇧 I absolutely disagree
- 🇪🇸 opino diferente – 🇬🇧 I have a different opinion
- 🇪🇸 me niego a aceptar – 🇬🇧 I refuse to accept
- 🇪🇸 estoy en contra / a favor de – 🇬🇧 I am against / in favor of
- 🇪🇸 no podría estar más de acuerdo – 🇬🇧 I couldn’t agree more
- 🇪🇸 encuentro absolutamente cierto / falso – 🇬🇧 I find it absolutely correct / false
Phrases like these can really give shape to your essay and increase its formality level. This time, let’s verify it with views on education:
🇪🇸 Opino que estudiando remotamente los jóvenes están perdiendo las habilidades sociales. 🇬🇧 In my opinion, remote schooling makes youngsters lose their social skills.
🇪🇸 Dudo que esta decisión traiga verdaderos cambios para el sistema educacional en mi país. 🇬🇧 I doubt this change will bring any real changes to the educational system in my country.
🇪🇸 Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con que todos deberían tener acceso a educación de calidad. 🇬🇧 I totally agree that everyone should have access to good quality education.
🇪🇸 Estoy en contra de escuelas solo para niñas o solo para niños. 🇬🇧 I am against girls-only or boys-only schools.
Pay attention to certain language differences between English and Spanish versions. The most common mistake that my students make is to say “ I am agree ” ❌ (direct translation from “ Estoy de acuerdo ”) instead of “ I agree ”✔️.
Fancy Academic Verbs and Expressions for Essays in Spanish
Would you like to impress your professor with sophisticated academic vocabulary or get extra points on your DELE? Grab a pen and take notes:
- 🇪🇸 afirmar – 🇬🇧 to state
- 🇪🇸 refutar – 🇬🇧 to refute, to reject
- 🇪🇸 argumentar – 🇬🇧 to argue that
- 🇪🇸 poner en duda – 🇬🇧 to cast doubt
- 🇪🇸 poner en evidencia – 🇬🇧 to shed light
- 🇪🇸 demostrar – 🇬🇧 to demonstrate
- 🇪🇸 concentrarse en – 🇬🇧 to focus on
- 🇪🇸 sostener – 🇬🇧 to sustain
- 🇪🇸 reflejar – 🇬🇧 to reflect
- 🇪🇸 considerando (que) – 🇬🇧 considering (that)
- 🇪🇸 siendo realista – 🇬🇧 realistically speaking
- 🇪🇸 de cierto modo – 🇬🇧 in a way
- 🇪🇸 en lo que se refiere a – 🇬🇧 with regards to
- 🇪🇸 en vista de – 🇬🇧 in view of
- 🇪🇸 de acuerdo a – 🇬🇧 according to
- 🇪🇸 no obstante – 🇬🇧 nevertheless
So many great words to work with! And some of them sound really similar to English, right? This is exactly why Spanish is such a good option when you want to learn a second language.
Let’s see how to make all these verbs and phrases work:
🇪🇸 Los resultados de los nuevos estudios ponen en duda la relación entre el consumo de huevos y altos niveles de colesterol. 🇬🇧 The recent study findings cast doubt on the relation between egg consumption and high cholesterol levels.
🇪🇸 Los autores del estudio argumentan que los azucares y los carbohidratos juegan un rol importante en este asunto. 🇬🇧 The authors of the study argue that sugars and carbs play an important role in this topic.
🇪🇸 En lo que se refiere al consumo de carne, este influye directamente los niveles de colesterol malo, sobre todo si es carne con mucha grasa. 🇬🇧 Regarding meat consumption, it directly influences the levels of “bad” cholesterol, especially in the case of greasy meat.
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If Spanish is not your first language, memorizing specific phrases can help you improve your essay-writing skills and make you sound more like a native speaker. Thus below, you will find a list of useful phrases categorized by groups to help you appear more proficient and take your essays to the next level!
Introductory Phrases
Based on my vast experience as a freelance writer , I can say that starting an essay is undoubtedly the most challenging part of essay writing. Nonetheless, many phrases have proven to help organize my thoughts and form cohesive and intriguing introductions, such as:
• “Para empezar” – To begin with
• “Al principio” – At the beginning…
• “En primer lugar” – To start…
• “Empecemos por considerar” – Let’s begin by considering/acknowledging
• “A manera de introducción” – We can start by saying…
• “Como punto de partida “ – As a starting point
• “Hoy en día” – Nowadays… Notice that these introductory phrases are not exactly the same than those you would use in a conversation. For that, I suggest reading my article about Sentence Starters in Spanish .
You can also use phrase to introduce a new topic in the text such as:
- En lo que se refiere a – Regarding to
- Respecto a – Regarding to
- En cuanto a – Regarding to
- Cuando se trata de – When it comes to
- Si pasamos a hablar de – If we go ahead to talk about
Concluding Phrases
It is also crucial that you know how to finish your essay. A good conclusion will allow you to tie all your ideas together and emphasize the key takeaways. Below, a few ways in which you can begin a concluding argument:
• “En conclusion” – In conclusion
• “En resumen/resumiendo…” – In summary
• “Como se puede ver…” – As you can see
• “Para concluir” – To conclude
• “Para finalizar” – To finish
• “Finalmente, podemos decir que…” – We can then say that…
• “ En consecuencia, podemos decir que…” – As a result, one can say that…
• “Por fin” – Finally
Transitional Phrases
Transitions phrases are crucial if you wish your essay to flow smoothly. Thus, I recommend you pay special attention to the following sentences:
• “Además” – Besides
• “Adicionalmente” – In addition…
• “Dado que…” – Given that…
• “Por lo tanto” – Therefore
• “Entonces” – Thus/So
• “Debido a…” – Hence
• “Mientras tanto” – Meanwhile
• “Por lo que” – This is why
• “Desde entonces” – Since then
Argumentative Phrases
When writing essays, it is very common for us to need to include argumentative phrases to get our message across. Hence, if you are looking for new ways to introduce an argument, below a few ideas:
• “Por otro lado…” – On the other hand…
• “En primera instancia…” – First of all
• “A diferencia de…” – As oppossed to
• “De igual forma” – More so
• “Igualmente” – The same goes for…
• “En otras palabras” – In other words
• “A pesar de que…” – Although
• “Aunque” – Even though
• “En contraste” – By contrast
• “De hecho…” – In fact…
• “Sin embargo” – Nevertheless
• “No obstante” – However
Opinion Phrases
There are many formal (and less formal ways) to express your opinions and beliefs in Spanish. Here, a few examples:
• “Considero que…” – I considerthat…
• “Mi opinión es” – It is my opinion
• “Pienso que…” – I think that…
• “Opino que” – In my opinion…
• “Afortunadamente” – Fortunately
• “ Lamentablemente” – Unfortunately
• “Me parece que…” – It seems to me that…
• “En mi opinión” – I believe that…
• “En mi experiencia” – Based on my experience
• “Como yo lo veo…” – As I see it…
• “Es mi parecer” – My pointview
General Phrases
Finally, I wanted to include a group of useful common phrases that can enrich your essay’s vocabulary:
• “En realidad” – In reality
• “Actualmente” – Today/Nowadays
• “De acuerdo a…” – According to…
• “Por ejemplo” – For example
• “Cabe recalcar que…” – It is important to note that…
• “Vale la pena resaltar que…” – It is important to highlight that…
• “No podemos ignorar que…” – We can’t ignore that…
• “Normalmente” – Usually/Normally
• “Por lo general” – In general
• “Es normal que…” – It is normal to…
• “Otro hecho importante es…” – Another relevant factor is…
• “Podría decirse que…” – One could say that…
• “Para ilustrar” – To illustrate
There you have it! A list of 60 useful phrases you can memorize to make your essays sound more professional and become more appealing to readers. However, if you are struggling and need further assistance with your essay, here you can see an Spanish essay example that can help you to structure and edit your work.
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Basic Guidelines For Writing Essays in Spanish
Students tend to focus on speaking practice while learning Spanish, so they often neglect writing. However, most educators emphasize its importance for mastering the language. They say it’s impossible to become fluent in a particular language if one doesn’t train writing skills.
Therefore, teachers give a lot of essay assignments to students. This type of homework is a great way to inspire them to think and communicate in Spanish effectively. It may be quite difficult to complete such a task. However, it’s one of the most effective ways to learn Spanish or any other language.
You may be tempted to go online and find the best essay writing service to have your essay written for you. This may be helpful when you’re pressed for time, but in the long run, you’re missing an opportunity to improve your own essay writing skills. That’s why we are going to provide you with some recommendations on how to ease the writing process.
Some tips on writing in Spanish
- Be careful with word spelling. Remember that teachers pay special attention to spelling so it can either make or break your student image. Having good spelling makes a positive impression of your writing skills and boosts your grades.
- Make your essay coherent with the help of connectors. Use them to explain the relationship between the ideas so your essay doesn’t look like just a list of thoughts and facts.
- Pay attention to syntax or the word order. As you need to stick to the academic style, try to keep the traditional order such as “subject + verb + objects”. This will also help you express your opinion in a simpler way, so it’s more clear to the reader.
- Avoid word repetitions by using synonyms. Frequent repetitions make your text boring and heavy. If you use the same words again and again, your essay will look dull. Hence, try to find synonyms in Spanish thesaurus and replace the most commonly used expressions with them.
- Before you create a final version of your essay, let someone read it and give feedback. It’s hard to be objective about your writing, so ask another person to tell you which ideas are less clear if your text contains any confusing phrases, and what are the positive aspects that can be reinforced.
- Do not write the essay in your native language first to translate it into Spanish then. This approach is not viable for mastering a foreign language. The only thing that you are doing by translating the text literally is practicing the grammatical structures that you have learned. This doesn’t help you learn new idioms and collocations that don’t follow the general grammatical rules.
Now that you know how to make your writing better, let’s consider a step-by-step guide to essay writing in Spanish.
Pick an interesting topic
If possible, choose a topic you are truly excited about. Unless the specific title was given to you by instructors, find a theme you want to research and write about. True interest is what will drive you towards creating an excellent piece. If you enjoy reading about the subject you are going to analyze in your essay, then you will definitely succeed in writing. Remember that decent work can be done only if you are passionate about it.
Brainstorm the ideas
When it comes to any project, brainstorming is an integral stage of the creation process. This is one of the most efficient ways to gain insights and generate new ideas. You can use this technique to think of the main supporting arguments, an approach for a catchy introduction, and paragraph organization. You can also try freewriting and/or make a brief outline to ease the writing process itself.
Create an introduction
Probably the main rule about creating an introduction that you have to stick to is adding a clear thesis statement there. It must be included in the first paragraph to give your essay a certain direction and help the readers focus their attention on the topic. Also, your introduction must be catchy and intriguing to evoke the desire to read the essay further and learn more.
Organize an essay body
It’s essential to make the body paragraphs organized logically. You need to make sure that each of them is closely related to the main topic and discusses one major point. Each body paragraph must consist of a topic sentence and supporting arguments with evidence. It’s very important to write sentences in a logical sequence so they follow each other orderly. Also, since paragraphs shouldn’t overlap in content, add smooth transitions from one to the other.
Sum up the content
The vital requirement to the conclusion is that it must logically relate to the original thesis statement. Generally, it’s not acceptable to introduce new ideas in the conclusion. Instead, you need to sum up the main points mentioned in the essay’s body. It’s also forbidden to add any off-topic ideas to the last paragraph of your paper.
Check content relevance and cohesion
Once you complete the conclusion, read through the essay for relevance and cohesion. Make sure that the whole piece is on the topic and in the mode required. In particular, check if body paragraphs support the thesis statement and whether the conclusion relates to it. After that, read your paper once again to see whether the parts connect together well. Think if there are logical links between ideas and if you need more transitions.
Read for clarity and style
Scan your essay to find out whether some sections may be unclear to the reader. Analyze the text to find out if it sounds academic and polished. Check if there are any vague pronouns, excessive wording, or awkward phrases. Don’t forget to make sure that all points are listed in similar grammatical forms.
The last stage of your writing process is final proofreading. Read your paper the last time looking at grammar, spelling, punctuation, verb tense, word forms, and pronoun agreement. Correct all the mistakes to make your work excellent.
Remember that the most important thing about learning a foreign language is a regular practice. Therefore, you should use any opportunity provided by instructors to polish your skills. Hopefully, the recommendations given above will help you write an excellent essay and master the Spanish language!
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Written words in Spanish generally look the way they sound. Compared to English, there are far fewer cases of silent letters, double letters or different spellings for the same sounds. Also, vowels each have their own specific sounds that don’t change, no matter what other letters surround it.
However, Spanish has a couple of spelling oddities that are worth remembering:
- The letter h has no sound. Regardless of its position in a word, it will always be soundless (zanahoria — carrot, hoguera — bonfire , hueso — bone). When it’s combined with the letter c , it makes the same ch sound as in English (chaleco— vest , coche — car , noche — night) and even though it has no sound of its own, it can change the meaning of a word (ola— wave, hola — hello).
- Some letters have similar sounds. The letters that normally cause problems for learners are b/v, r/rr, g/j, ll/y and the “triplets” c/k/q and c/s/z . It would be impossible for you to learn every word containing these pairs, so the best you can do is check a dictionary in case of doubt.
- Spanish uses accent marks . Accent marks may be small, but they’re very important. If a word has an accent mark in Spanish, don’t ignore it, because accent marks can easily change the pronunciation and meaning of words (tráfico — traffic , trafico — I smuggle , traficó — he smuggled).
Learning Spanish capitalization is actually pretty straightforward. Spanish capitalizes far fewer words than English, so you just have to remember the words that are not capitalized in Spanish.
For instance, unlike English, Spanish does not capitalize:
- Days of the week
- Nationalities
- Religions and their adjectives
- Social and political movements
- The pronoun yo (I) unless it is the first word in a sentence
- Book titles (except for the first word)
- Movie titles (except for the first word)
- Personal titles (except when they’re the first word in a sentence)
Punctuation is another area where English and Spanish share a lot of features. However, there are some Spanish punctuation rules that may be surprising for Spanish language learners. These are the main ones to watch out for:
- Spanish has an inverted opening question mark and exclamation mark (¿,¡).
- Spanish does not capitalize the first word after a colon.
- Spanish uses a colon in the opening of letters. While English uses a comma (Dear Mrs. Petunia,), Spanish uses a colon (Estimada señora Petunia:).
- Spanish doesn’t use the Oxford comma. The last two items of a list will always be joined with a conjunction like y (and) or o (or) .
- Spanish and English write numbers differently. In Spanish, you use a period to separate groups of thousands (e.g. 1450 or 1,450 would be 1.450 in Spanish). Spanish uses the comma as the decimal separator (so 1.5 would be 1,5 in Spanish).
- Spanish places punctuation marks outside quotation marks. For example, in English, you’d write “I love you.” while in Spanish this would be “Te quiero”.
- Dialogue formatting is different in Spanish. The biggest difference is possibly the fact that Spanish uses a dash to open a dialogue (instead of quotation marks) and to enclose the dialogue tag (instead of commas). For example:
English: “I love him,” she said, “I always have. “
Spanish: –Lo amo –dijo ella–. Siempre lo he amado.
Sentence structure refers to the internal organization of a language, i.e. the order we have to put elements in a sentence so that it is grammatically correct.
Many Spanish learners think that since both Spanish and English follow the general pattern S + V + O (Subject + Verb + Object), both languages build sentences in the exact same way.
This is true sometimes, as in the following two examples:
Marta está bebiendo café. (S + V + O) Marta is drinking coffee. (S + V + O)
Unfortunately, this is not always the case, so you should take into account a couple of Spanish sentence structure rules if you want to come up with correct sentences, even if you’re just trying to produce basic Spanish sentences :
- In Spanish, you can omit the subject. If you know who you are talking or writing about, you do not need to mention that person (Tengo hambre — I am hungry). This is possible because verbs in Spanish have a different ending for each grammatical person.
- Adjectives come after the noun in Spanish. There are a few exceptions that change the meaning, but overall, adjectives always come after the noun (la camisa blanca — the white shirt).
- Nouns and adjectives have to agree in Spanish. Every determiner, quantifier, adjective and adverb that refers to a noun must have the same gender and number (el perro negro — the black dog, all words masculine and singular; las tazas rojas — the red cups, all words feminine and plural).
- Negation is very simple in Spanish. The majority of sentences become negative in Spanish by adding no in front of the main verb. No other changes are normally needed. You can also make negations in Spanish by using negative adverbs like nunca (never) and nadie (no one).
Abbreviations can be used in both formal and informal contexts, and even though they tend to work similarly across languages, there are a couple of things you should know about Spanish abbreviations and how to use them :
- Even though personal titles are not capitalized, their abbreviations are capitalized. For example:
señor — Sr. / Mister
señora — Sra. / Mrs .
doctor — Dr. / Doctor
- Some abbreviations appear very frequently in Spanish correspondence. For instance:
usted — Vd. / formal you
se ruega contestación — S.R.C. / RSVP
- Ordinal numbers are gendered. They’re adjectives, so they take on the gender of the noun they’re referring to. Because of this, their abbreviations are also marked for gender (1º/1ª, 2º/2ª…).
- Spanish abbreviations can have a plural form. Normally, abbreviations add -s to form their plural (página — pág. / page, páginas — págs. / pages). If the abbreviation has only one letter, it’s normally doubled (página — p. / page , páginas — pp. / pages).
- Some acronyms do not accept the plural ending -s . They will still take the plural determiner if necessary (los CD — the CDs). Oddly enough, you have to pronounce the final -s when reading/pronouncing them (los ce-dés — the cee dees).
- Some international abbreviations and acronyms have their own version in Spanish. Examples of this are:
la UE — la Unión Europea / the EU (European Union)
la ONU — la Organización de Naciones Unidas / the UN (United Nations)
- Spanish speakers use a lot of abbreviations when texting. We’ll see some examples of this later in this post.
- English and Spanish write dates differently. In Spanish, the order of writing the date is always day/month/year. So, while an American might read the date 02/07/2018 as February the 7th 2018, for a Spanish-speaking person it would be July the 2nd 2018.
- Spanish uses different measurement systems from American English. This is something to bear in mind not only while writing, but when using Spanish in general. Not everybody knows what inches, feet, pounds or miles are (especially in Spain). Spanish-speaking countries use the metric system, so they use centimeters, meters, kilograms, kilometers, etc.
The first thing you need to do before starting to write a letter in Spanish is to decide whether it has to be formal or informal. This will have an impact not only on the body of the letter, but also (and especially) on the way you start and finish writing it.
There are a couple of well-established rules you should bear in mind:
- Querido/a (Dear) is only used in informal letters, while Estimado/a (Dear) is the preferred form in formal ones.
- You normally use just the first name of the person you are writing to if the letter is informal (Querido Julián), but Señor (Mr.), Señora (Mrs.) or Señorita (Miss) and a surname if the letter is formal (Estimado Sr. González).
- Use tú (informal you) in the body of informal letters, but usted/ustedes (formal you singular/plural) in formal ones.
- When closing a letter, you can send Besos y abrazos (Hugs and kisses) in casual letters, but never in formal ones. Use Saludos (Regards) in semi-formal letters, and Cordialmente/Atentamente (Yours sincerely) in formal ones.
The majority of the rules we had for writing letters also apply to writing an email in Spanish . Make sure that you use the right opening and closing in your email and that the overall tone and the vocabulary used are appropriate to the situation.
When writing an email, especially a formal one, you’ll normally have to include four sections: greeting, reason for writing, body of the email and closing.
Here’s a very brief example of an informal email John wrote to his friend Joanne:
¡Hola, Joanne! (Hi, Joanne!)
Reason for writing
Te escribo para preguntar si irás mañana al cumpleaños de Sonia. (I’m writing to ask if you’ll be going to Sonia’s birthday tomorrow.)
Me encantaría verte. ¡Hace tanto tiempo que no te veo! Madre mía, creo que la última vez que nos encontramos fue para Navidad. ¿Te acuerdas? (I would love to see you. I haven’t seen you in ages! Good Lord, I think the last time we ran into each other was on Christmas. Do you remember?)
Un abrazo, (Hugs,)
Starting to write essays in Spanish is possibly one of the most challenging tasks for beginner learners. Going from simple sentences to several paragraphs requires a lot of practice, but there are tons of fixed expressions that can be used in order to make this process easier.
Depending on the type of essay you need to write, you’ll have to cover one or more of the following points:
- Giving your opinion: This is very common in essays, especially the ones included in official Spanish exams. Make sure you use expressions that help you introduce your personal opinions, such as en mi opinión (in my opinion), me parece que (it seems to me that) or creo que (I believe that).
- Agreeing and disagreeing: Another very common type of essay is the one where you’re given a sentence or quotation and you have to agree or disagree with it. Useful expressions here can be estoy de acuerdo (I agree), no estoy de acuerdo (I disagree) and es falso que (it is false that).
- Backing your claims: If you say that something is false or that you know for a fact something is true, you should back your claims with some evidence. Try to introduce words and expressions such as según (according to), demostrar (to demonstrate) and la fuente (the source).
- Conclusion: A conclusion normally summarizes the main topics of the essay and answers any questions and hypotheses that were posed in the introduction. When writing your conclusion, use expressions like en conclusión (in conclusion), por esta razón (for this reason) and en resumen (in summary).
Spanish and English keyboards are different. Because of that, typing in Spanish can be a challenge for the first few times. There are several ways to type in Spanish on your device:
- You can install a keyboard on your device.
- You can use Alt codes (Windows) and Opt codes (Macs).
- You can use online tools such as TypeIt .
If you take a look at a Spanish keyboard, you will notice some letters, characters and symbols have changed, moved or disappeared. Below are three of the most important differences.
Spanish vowels can have an accent mark ( á, é, í, ó, ú ). In order to type the accent, you first have to type the accent key on your keyboard (‘) and then the vowel you want to add the accent mark to.
Another letter with a mark is the Spanish letter ñ . Spanish keyboards have their own ñ key, which corresponds to the (:) key on an English-language keyboard.
The last mark you will need in Spanish is the diéresis (¨). To type this, press Shift + the (‘) key. Then type u or i.
The Spanish language has opening question marks and exclamation marks that are upside-down versions of the marks you already know.
In order to type the opening (inverted) question mark, press Shift and (=). The closing question mark can be typed by pressing Shift and (-).
As for the exclamation marks, the opening one is very easy: just press the (=) key. The closing one can be typed by pressing Shift + 1, like on your normal keyboard.
Another change you’ll notice when typing in Spanish is the series of symbols you get by pressing Shift + numbers 2 to 0. Your keyboard probably has the sequence @#$%^&*() , while the Spanish keyboard will give you “·$%&/()= .
There are other differences between both keyboards, like the position of hyphens, dashes, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, stops and commas, among others. In the beginning, all these differences can be a little bit overwhelming, and you’ll probably type the wrong symbol or letter because your brain will want to do it automatically in your normal keyboard layout.
As with everything, practicing Spanish typing will be the key (no pun intended) to get you used to the new layout. There are even Spanish typing games where you can practice all you want until you feel fully comfortable using the Spanish keyboard.
Texting in any language has its own separate set of rules. For instance, depending on the recipient of the message, two texts can look completely different even if they include the exact same information:
Xq tki. (Because I have to go.) This is very informal, sent to a friend.
Porque tengo que irme. (Because I have to go.) This is sent in a much more formal situation, normally to someone with whom we do not have a very close relationship.
As you can see from the first example, there are a lot of abbreviations and slang words you can use while texting in Spanish , much like you would do in English. It would be impossible to mention all of them here, but if you learn their most common traits, you will be able to text in Spanish like a pro:
- Many letters are omitted. The most common feature you’ll see is the omission of vowels and consonants. For example:
gnl — genial (great) tmbn — también (also)
- The letters q and c normally become k. Here’s one of the most common examples of this:
tkm — te quiero mucho (I love you so much)
- There are some established abbreviations. You’ll just have to learn these by heart. For instance:
b — bien (good) q — que/qué (that/what) xa — para (for)
- Numbers and symbols can also be used. Just as in English, if a number comes close to the pronunciation of a part of a word, some letters will be replaced by numbers .
salu2 — saludos (regards) 100pre — siempre (always)
- Watch out for acronyms. Spanish normally uses their own versions of well-known acronyms. These acronyms are often similar to the international ones or can be understood from the context, but sometimes they will be completely different. For example:
NATO — OTAN World Health Organization / WHO — Organización Mundial de la Salud / OMS
There are many more types of Spanish writing, and each of them has its own intrinsic characteristics and rules. Here are a few of the most common ones.
Creative writing is any kind of writing that’s not professional, academic or journalistic. Since this definition is so broad, there are also many types of writing that can fall into this category, the most common ones being poetry, novels, scripts, short stories, fairy tales and screenplays, among others.
Creative writing can be an amazing way to improve your Spanish language skills. It forces you to think, be creative, ask questions and find answers to them. If you’re not sure where to start, a Spanish writing prompt can get your creative juices flowing.
If you need some more guidance, many colleges and websites offer courses in Spanish creative writing, like this one from the Hemingway Institute . There’s a community of aspiring writers out there, so it’s also easy to find some people to share your writing with. Joining a local meetup of creative Spanish-language writers is a great way to meet like-minded people who can give you feedback and help you along in your writing journey!
Since there are no established rules, journaling can be a good way of practicing writing in Spanish without stress. No one except you will have access to your journal (unless you want to), so it doesn’t matter if you make spelling mistakes or write grammatically incorrect sentences as long as you’re doing it in Spanish.
If you feel that writing a journal in Spanish can be challenging, try to break your thoughts down into smaller chunks. There are many topics you can write about that will allow you to practice your Spanish writing skills in an undemanding way:
- Your bucket list and dreams for the future.
- Things you’re thankful for.
- Things that motivate you and make you happy.
- Reflections on the past day/week/year.
- Your goals for this week/month/year.
- Your favorite places or people and why.
The list goes on and on. Write about the topics you want, whenever you want and however you want. There are tons of journaling prompts out there so if you’re ever stumped, make use of them!
Recipes have a very easy structure: a list of ingredients and steps to cook the dish. You can start practicing writing recipes in Spanish by using the infinitive when you give the instructions (Pelar las patatas — To peel the potatoes), and move on to the imperative mood when you study the Spanish imperativo (Pela las patatas — Peel the potatoes).
Even though we normally buy ready-made cards, adding a few words of our own could be a very nice finishing touch. If you’re giving a birthday card, remember to include some wishes like ¡Feliz cumpleaños! (Happy birthday!) or ¡Te deseo mucha felicidad! (I wish you lots of happiness!).
If you want to give a Valentine’s Day card, try to make it even more personal by creating a romantic card in Spanish yourself. Do not forget to express your feelings with phrases like Mi amor (My love), Mi cariño (My sweetheart) and Te amo (I love you).
Notes can be written to say thank you, to ask for a favor or to remind someone to do something. They tend to be very short and to the point, including only information that is absolutely necessary. For this reason, many notes only include one or two words. Here are some examples of short and sweet notes:
- ¡Gracias! (Thanks!)
- Para ti. (For you.)
- ¿Me echas una mano? (Will you help me?)
- Te quiero. (I love you.)
- Que aproveche. (Enjoy your meal.)
- Compra leche. (Buy some milk.)
Your Spanish writing can only improve if you actually practice it. Luckily, there are many ways to exercise those writing muscles and get both physical and digital practice in. Here are some effective tips and resources to practice writing in Spanish:
- WordPress is a blogging favorite, thanks to its easy-to-use interface. You can produce incredibly polished, professional-looking blogs here without being a blog expert.
- Blogger is clean, simple and connected to your existing Google account. It’s the easiest way to create and manage multiple blogs, interact with other people in the real world and keep track of interesting posts in an extremely neat and tidy newsfeed.
- Tumblr is ideal for the non-committal blog writer. This is a great place to just fool around, have fun and post any multimedia content that catches your eye. You can write lengthier posts if the mood strikes you, but on the other hand can post hilarious cat pictures with one-word comments attached. If you’re reluctant to start a blog, start here.
- Use social media: Social media is a simple solution if you’ve got friends who speak Spanish or want to make new Spanish-speaking friends. Its character limit makes it an easy place to start writing in Spanish without the pressure of writing full paragraphs or even complete sentences. You can create separate social media accounts specifically for your Spanish learning.
- Write everyday things: Are you an obsessive list-writer? Do you make pro and con lists when confronted with big decisions? Most people keep notes of some kind, even if it’s only a grocery shopping list. Start managing your life in Spanish! Every little bit of practice counts. Plus, it’s been proven that thinking, speaking and writing in a foreign language helps you be an all-around better decision-maker .
- HelloTalk is a social media site built specifically for the needs and desires of language learners. You can search for a fellow language learner or native Spanish speaker, or plug in your information and let them find you (or both)! Spanish is one of over 100 language options offered here, so you can chat with someone in Spanish and offer them interaction in whatever other language you know well.
- italki is often recommended to Spanish learners who are seeking tutors, but one often overlooked feature is their exercises page . Here, you can find a daily collection of prompts to get you writing. Other users can comment on your writing with feedback, and you can return the favor in your native language.
- WhatsApp is a multimedia messaging service used in Europe and several Spanish-speaking countries. If you’ve got friends who speak Spanish, take advantage of this relationship.
- Reddit isn’t just for browsing diverse internet content, it also boasts a huge, diverse community that you can interact with. Try subreddits for specific countries and regions (such as /r/latinoamerica and /r/ecuador ) or for the Spanish language itself ( /r/spanish and /r/espanol ).
- Use Google Translate: If you’re not sure how to dive into writing and the very idea seems somewhat daunting, you’re allowed to cheat. No, really! Use Google Translate to give you a place to start. Translate what you want to say into Spanish through the program. Then, carefully edit the text, paying close attention to syntax, diction and grammar. You can also do this backwards—write your sentence in Spanish and try to get the English translation you’re going for. If you’re not sure you produced a good sentence, ask a native speaker for feedback on a website like HiNative .
- Time your writing activities: If you’re finding it difficult to sit down to write, set a timer. It can be as quick as five or 10 minutes, or as long as an hour—whatever works with your schedule. Hold yourself to the allotted time and see what you can come up with!
- Read a lot: Reading dramatically improves writing ability in foreign (and native) languages. Get into the habit of reading any Spanish language material you can get your hands on. Magazines , newspapers , books , children’s stories —it’s all good. Change all your devices to a Spanish interface so your brain gets subconsciously ingrained with Spanish syntax, grammar and vocabulary. Find your favorite sources of information in Spanish, like BBC , CNN , Vice , BuzzFeed , Vogue and more popular information sources online in Spanish . There are great Spanish language books out there for beginners, intermediate learners and advanced learners approaching fluency .
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- Start a personal project: A personal writing project might be a diary, dream journal, scrapbook or nature journal (documenting the wildlife and plants in your backyard and beyond). Writing is an extraordinarily valuable tool for self-reflection.
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How to Write an Amazing Essay in Spanish
Has your teacher asked you to write an essay in Spanish? Essays are probably the most common type of homework around the world. Teachers want you to write essays because they’re a way to improve your abilities when you’re learning a new language.
Writing essays may not seem like fun, but it actually improves your cognitive abilities! The act of researching, organizing, and writing pushes you to increase your knowledge on different topics, strengthens your critical thinking skills, and advances your ability to communicate and express your thoughts.
With all these benefits in mind, it’s no wonder you want to write a great essay in Spanish. But there are times when your ideas vanish and your mind goes blank—you wonder, where do I begin and what steps do I follow?
Even if you’re a pro when it comes to writing in English, writing an essay in Spanish can be a challenge. In this blog post, I’ll help you overcome this small hurdle to help you make your Spanish essay cohesive, persuasive, and as professional as possible.
Are you ready to write an amazing essay in Spanish?
Basics and Benefits of Writing Essays
Strong writing skills are important for school, college, and a professional career. It’s likely that Spanish is not your first language, but if you’re learning the language then writing a research-fueled Spanish essay gives you all sorts of advantages. It enables you to practice grammar, spelling, vocabulary, as well as synthesize your ideas and thoughts surrounding the topic you’re writing about.
Writing a terrific essay in Spanish requires planning, organization, and structure. Having a process saves you time and once you’ve established a system that works for you, the writing comes easy!
How to Structure an Essay in Spanish
Similar to when you’re telling a story, your essay should follow a traditional story arc. This means that you start with an appealing introduction, after which you develop your idea within the body of the essay, and finally, you close your thoughts or argument with a summary and conclusion.
Let’s take a deeper look at these 3 parts of an essay in Spanish:
1. Introduction
Start your essay with a summary of the topic you’ll cover throughout your piece. The introduction reflects the argumentative line that your whole essay follows. It should be brief but not too short. I recommend making the intro 10% of your whole essay.
A good introduction gives enough information by stating a problem or the reason why you’re writing the essay and why the reader should be compelled to read it.
Some writers choose to write the introduction after they’ve written the body and conclusion. I think it’s a good strategy that allows you to summarize and evaluate the body of your whole essay before you aim to highlight important points in your introduction.
My biggest advice is to make it clear what the reason for your essay’s existence is, so that your reader can feel excited to know more, and invited to learn from you.
This is the main part of your essay. I recommend that you dedicate 80% of your whole essay to the body. This critical section develops the core ideas of your essay in Spanish as it’s where you present the main ideas and their arguments in relation to the topic you’re writing about.
This part requires you to do research from reputable sources, fact checking, and tying all your ideas together in a cohesive way.
3. Conclusion
The remaining 10% of your essay in Spanish should focus on bringing the essay to a close. You want to summarize all the main ideas of your topic and establish your final posture on it.
Preferably, leave no loose ends and make sure the ending of your essay has the ability to create a discussion or invite the reader to find out more about the topic.
Steps to Follow to Write an Essay in Spanish
Every writer has a unique system that works for them. What works for me might not work for you, and vice versa.
The steps and path you follow for writing an essay in Spanish depend on the knowledge and fluency you have of the language as well as your familiarity with writing.
Nevertheless, I recommend some basic steps that will help you if you’re a beginner when it comes to writing an essay in Spanish.
1. Define a Topic
Choose a topic of interest to you. If the topic is not assigned by your teacher, go for a current issue or interesting topic that will inspire you to research as much as possible. Check the local media, or go online and find out what topics are available for you to discuss.
2. Do Your Research
This aspect is critical—you must find reliable sources of information for your essay. Go to a library if possible, find academic papers online, and gather as much documentation as possible that helps you understand the central themes and patterns of your chosen topic.
As a plus, if you do your research in Spanish, you’ll see other essays in Spanish that will help you develop your own Spanish writing style, tone, and personality.
3. Determine Your Position
After you’ve gathered enough research, you’ll begin to see an angle or position you can take in relation to the information. The angle or position you take is essentially your “point.” Ask yourself, “What’s my point in writing this?” When you’ve answered that, you’ve discovered your position.
To support your position, your research should include quotes, statistics, and any relevant information you can find from credible sources.
4. Draft an Outline
This step is vital for organizing your arguments and ideas. Since Spanish is not your first language, an outline will allow you to translate words or phrases. In addition to listing Spanish notes in your outline, keep this basic process in mind:
- Know your audience
- Gather all notes, research, and supporting materials
- Organize them into a cohesive flow
- Be sure to organize by how each subtopic relates to the main topic and to each other
5. List Spanish Words and Terms
Since you’re writing an essay in Spanish, it’s only befitting that you have a list of specific words and terms you want to include in it.
Draft a list of terms that are relevant to your essay in Spanish, whether they’re reminders in your outline or they’re unfamiliar terms that beg to be further researched.
The terms you choose allow you to set a tone and define whether you’re using standard Spanish, informal Spanish, or literary and formal language.
The tone you choose to follow in your essay guides your word choice.
Here’s a list of words and phrases in Spanish that can help with your writing:
6. Write the Body of Your Essay
Focus on fully developing your argument with relevant examples and evidence to support your position. Each paragraph should focus on only one argument along with supporting evidence, and the flow from one paragraph to the next should sound natural and rational.
Spanish is a richer language, so don’t be afraid of writing longer sentences than usual, but make sure you combine them with short dynamic phrases. It’s essential to keep your reader interested!
7. Write an Engaging Introduction
Once you’re done with the body of your essay, start writing the introduction. The purpose of your intro is to set a tone and prepare the reader for what follows.
Putting together your introduction at the end allows you to absorb what you’ve written and define how to present the topic and express your point.
8. Summarize and Conclude
The conclusion is your essay is an opportunity to tie all your points together and restate the main argument. Since some essays are meant to be objective, I recommend you include a paragraph or sentence that stimulates reflection and enriches the reader’s perspective on the topic.
9. Final Edits and Proofreading
This final step is the second most critical when it comes to writing an essay in Spanish! Edit for correcting typos, punctuation, grammatical errors, and spelling.
I recommend you share your Spanish essay with a native speaker who can proofread it before you turn it in. Another person’s perspective can help you spot an error or a section that lacks cohesion.
A Few Final Tips
Read your essay as many times as possible.
I find myself making changes to essays after reading them at least 4 or 5 times. You need to check your essay for:
- readability
- consistency
- transitions between paragraphs,
- unnecessary fillers, and
- adequate adverbs and adjectives.
Think and write in Spanish, if possible
By drafting an outline, doing your research, and organizing your ideas in Spanish from the beginning, you fully immerse yourself and make writing an essay in Spanish more efficient.
On the contrary, by writing and researching in English with the goal of translating, you’ll end up in a tough spot with way much more work than intended.
Ready to Write Your First Essay in Spanish?
I hope by sharing my essay-writing experience in this blog post that you feel more confident about writing your essay in Spanish. I know it can be frustrating and challenging at times, but don’t be afraid to make mistakes and correct them later.
The truth is, the more comfortable you feel speaking Spanish, the more your writing skills in Spanish will improve.
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1. Ensayo. The most common and widely accepted translation for "essay" in Spanish is "ensayo.". This term applies to both academic essays and literary compositions and is commonly used across Spanish-speaking regions. For example: El profesor nos pidió que escribiéramos un ensayo sobre la importancia de la educación.
1. (written composition) a. el ensayo. (m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol). (M) They asked me to write an essay on the government.Me pidieron escribir un ensayo acerca del gobierno. b. la redacción.
This structure is similar to the English "It's [adjective] that…" and is great for expressing and supporting opinions in a strong and confident manner. Here are some phrases that are especially useful when making and defending claims in a persuasive essay: Es evidente que — It's evident that. Es claro que — It's clear that.
Formal Ways to Say Essays in Spanish. If you are in a formal setting or need to express the term "essays" in a more polite manner, you can use the following phrases: 1. Ensayos. In standard Spanish, "essays" can be translated as "ensayos." This word is commonly used in formal and academic contexts when referring to a written ...
In this article, we've prepared a list of words that will help you write that Spanish essay without even breaking a sweat. Spanish. English. por lo tanto. therefore. sin embargo. however. rendimiento. performance.
essay n: formal (attempt) intento nm : tentativa nf : Patrick's essay at painting the sunset was a complete disaster. El intento de Patrick de pintar la puesta del sol fue un desastre. essay [sth] ⇒ vtr: formal (try) intentar⇒ vtr : It is a climb that even the hardiest are reluctant to essay. Es una escalada que ni los más fuertes están ...
concentrarse en - to focus on. sostener - to sustain. reflejar - to reflect. considerando (que) - considering (that) siendo realista - realistically speaking. de cierto modo - in a way. en lo que se refiere a - with regards to. en vista de - in view of. de acuerdo a - according to.
General Phrases. Finally, I wanted to include a group of useful common phrases that can enrich your essay's vocabulary: • "En realidad" - In reality. • "Actualmente" - Today/Nowadays. • "De acuerdo a…". - According to…. • "Por ejemplo" - For example. • "Cabe recalcar que…". - It is important to ...
The most common and straightforward translation of "essay" in Spanish is "ensayo.". This term is widely used in educational settings and refers to a short piece of writing on a specific topic. For example, if you want to say "I have to write an essay for my Spanish class," you would say "Tengo que escribir un ensayo para mi clase ...
How to say essay in Spanish - Translation of essay to Spanish by Nglish, comprehensive English - Spanish Dictionary, Translation and English learning by Britannica. Example sentences: The book is a collection of his previously unpublished essays on a variety of topics.
Advanced Spanish phrases to help you write an essay in Spanish. Escribe tu redacción con estas frases útiles. Making sure you cover all the different section...
Transcript. How to say 'essay' in Spanish: Ensayo. Let's try that. Repeat after me: Ensayo. If you want to say something like 'the essay is long', you would say, "El ensayo es largo." Repeat after me: El ensayo es largo. If you want to say something like 'the essay is short', you would say. "El ensayo es corto."
1. (written composition) a. el ensayo. (m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol). (M) They asked me to write an essay on the government.Me pidieron escribir un ensayo acerca del gobierno. b. la redacción.
Here are some formal ways to express the phrase "write essays" in Spanish: 1. Escribir ensayos. This is the standard and most common way to say "write essays" in Spanish. For example: Escribir ensayos es fundamental para desarrollar habilidades de redacción. (Writing essays is essential for developing writing skills.) 2. Redactar ensayos
1) Some tips on writing in Spanish. 2) Pick an interesting topic. 3) Brainstorm the ideas. 4) Create an introduction. 5) Organize an essay body. 6) Sum up the content. 7) Check content relevance and cohesion. 8) Read for clarity and style. 9) Proofread.
Discover essential Spanish writing rules, tips for typing and texting, and instructions for writing letters, emails, essays and more. Plus, learn practical tips to practice and improve your Spanish writing skills. ... Translate what you want to say into Spanish through the program. Then, carefully edit the text, paying close attention to syntax ...
Putting together your introduction at the end allows you to absorb what you've written and define how to present the topic and express your point. 8. Summarize and Conclude. The conclusion is your essay is an opportunity to tie all your points together and restate the main argument.
A Spanish 'essay' is and has three basic components. First, la introducción (introduction), then el cuerpo, ('the body'), and, lastly, la conclusión, ('the conclusion'). The steps to write an ...
The following transition words help us arrange ideas, events, and reasons according to their order of importance or to the order in which they happened chronologically. al final. in the end. al principio. at/in the beginning or to begin with. antes. before. ante todo. first of all / first and foremost.