Cuando escribimos un texto, para darle coherencia y organizar las ideas que queremos expresar utilizamos conectores. Los conectores son palabras o frases cortas que utilizamos principalmente para unir frases, para añadir información y para contrastar ideas.
Estas palabras son conocidas en inglés como linking words y sería muy buena idea que empieces a familiarizarte con ellas si quieres expresarte con mayor fluidez y redactar textos bien organizados y de fácil comprensión para el lector.
A continuación os mostramos algunos de ellos y te mostramos algunos ejemplos:
Addition:
| Inglés | Español | Ejemplo |
| And | Y | I have one brother and one sister |
| Too | También | I like oranges, and strawberries, too. |
| Besides | Además | Did you talk to anyone else besides Jim? |
| In addition to | En adición | In addition to Jane, Jake has another daughter by his first wife. |
| Additionally | Adicionalmente | Members receive twelve newsletters a year. Additionally, they have the use of a helpline. |
| As well as | Tanto como | I need to go to the supermarket as well as the bank. |
| Moreover | Además | He wasn’t wearing a shirt, moreover, he didn’t have his shoes on. |
| Furthermore | Además | Mrs.Smith has earned the respect of his clients. Furthermore, they know they can trust him. |
Contrast:
| Inglés | Español | Ejemplo |
| But | Pero | She’s 75 but she still goes hicking every weekend. |
| However | Sin embargo | It’s a good idea. However, I don’t think we can afford it. |
| Although | A pesar de que | Although he’s going through a difficult situation, he never complains. |
| Despite (the fact that) | A pesar de | She still loves him, despite the fact that she left him. |
| In spite of | A pesar de | In spite of feeling tired, we decided to go out. |
| (and) yet | Y sin embargo | And yet, these opportunities are not always easy to find. |
| On the one hand…but on the other hand…
| Por una parte….pero por otra parte… | On the one hand, I’m tired; but on the other hand, I want to go out. |
| Whereas | Mientras que… | He loves fish, whereas she hates it. |
| Even though | Aunque… A pesar de que… | I decided to ride my bicycle even though it was raining. |
| While | mientras | The south of the island is damp and filled with wonderful luxurious vegetation while the north is arid and dry. |
| Even so | Aún así, sin embargo | I did not study, but, even so, I passed the test. |
| Nevertheless | No obstante, sin embargo | Alexander II was an obscure but nevertheless interesting Scottish king. |
Comparison:
| Inglés | Español | EJemplo |
| Similarly | De manera similar, similarmente | The two cats were very alike in temperament and behaved similarly |
| Likewise | Asimismo | |
| Just like | Igual que | Sarah has got a pair of shoes just like yours. |
| Compare(d) to / with | En comparación a Comparado con | Life is better today compared to the past.
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| Similar to | Similar a Semejante a | Janet’s situation is very similar to ours.
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| Not only…but also | No solo… sino también | John is good at not only maths, but also sports. |
Sequence
| Inglés | Español | EJemplo |
| First / firstly | En primer lugar primeramente | Firstly, we will begin the lecture with an interview… |
| Secondly | En segundo lugar | Firstly, thank you all for coming. Secondly, let me introduce the topic. |
| Thirdly | En tercer lugar | Firstly, I don’t like seafood. Secondly, I’m not hungry and thirdly, I have no money. |
| Next | Después A continuación | What happened next? |
| Finally | Por último Finalmente | Finally, I’d like to say thank you for coming. |
| In conclusion | Para concluir En resumen | In conclusion, I would like to thank everyone who helped to make it possible. |
| To summarise | En resumen | To summarise, I’d like to thank all our employees for their hard work. |
