English Grammar - Prepositions

English Grammar - Prepositions

This page contains a table with a List of Prepositions and linking expressions in English as well as 3 other languages (Spanish, French and Japanese), so that if English is not your first language you can still understand the meaning of those prepositions. Try to memorize them because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn English page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.

In English, a preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the example in the table below. Prepositions usually come before the noun and its article:

The keyboard is on the desk

The carpet is under the table

The tree is in front of the building

The child is hiding behind his mother

List of Prepositions	Spanish	French	Japanese
aboard	a bordo	à bord	搭乗
about	sobre	à propos de	〜について
above	por encima de	au-dessus	上に
across	a través de	parmi	交差して
after	después de	après	〜の後で
against	contra	contre	〜に対して
along	a lo largo de	le long de	〜に沿って
alongside	junto	aux côtés de	一緒に
amid	en medio de	au milieu	中
amidst	en medio de	au milieu	中
among	entre	parmi	〜の間に
amongst	entre	parmi	中
around	alrededor	autour	〜の周りに
as	ya que	comme	〜のように
aside	de lado	de côté	脇
astride	a horcajadas	à cheval	またがって
at	en	à	〜で
athwart	athwart	travers	athwart
atop	encima	sommet	頂上に
barring	restricción	sauf	なけれ
before	antes de	avant	〜の前に
behind	detrás de	derrière	〜の後ろに
below	por debajo de	en dessous	〜の下に
beneath	debajo de	sous	下
beside	al lado	à côté de	横
besides	además de	de plus	加えて
between	entre	entre	〜の間に
beyond	más allá de	au-delà	〜を超えて
but	pero	mais	しかし
by	por	par	〜によって
circa	circa	circa	概
concerning	relativa	concernant	に関する
despite	a pesar de	malgré	〜にもかかわらず
down	abajo	vers le bas	下に
during	durante	pendant	〜の間
except	excepto	sauf	除いて
failing	no	défaut	失敗
following	siguiente	suivant	支持者
for	para	pour	〜のために
from	desde	à partir de	〜から
given	dado	donné	与えられた
in	en	dans	〜で
inside	interior	à l'intérieur	内部
into	dentro de	dans	〜の中へ
like	gustar	comme	好き
minus	menos	moins	マイナス
near	cerca de	près de	〜の近くに
next	siguiente	suivant	次の
notwithstanding	a pesar de	nonobstant	にもかかわらず
of	de	de	の
off	apagado	hors tension	切れて
on	encendido	sur	〜の上に
onto	en	sur	に
opposite	contrario	face	反対
out	fuera	dehors	はずれて
outside	exterior	à l'extérieur	外側
over	por encima de	par-dessus	〜を超えて
pace	ritmo	rythme	ペース
past	pasado	passé	過去
per	por	par	1
plus	más	plus	プラス
regarding	con respecto a	concernant	〜に関して
round	ronda	ronde	ラウンド
save	salvar	sauver	保存する
since	desde que	depuis	それ以来
than	que	que	〜よりも
through	por	via	経て
throughout	totalmente	partout dans	〜の至るところに
till	hasta	jusqu'à	まで
times	veces	fois	回
to	para	à	〜へ
toward	hacia	vers	〜の方へ
towards	hacia	vers	〜の方へ
under	debajo de	sous	〜の下に
underneath	debajo de	sous	下
unlike	a diferencia de	contrairement à	とは違って
until	hasta	jusqu'à ce que	〜まで
up	arriba	vers le haut	上へ
upon	sobre	sur	〜の上に
versus	frente a	versus	対
via	a través de	via	経由
with	con	avec	〜とともに
within	dentro de	au sein de	〜以内で
without	sin	sans	〜なしで
worth	vale	valeur	価値
Two words	Dos palabras	Deux mots	2つの言葉
according to	de acuerdo con	selon	によると
ahead of	por delante de	avant	先の
aside from	aparte de	en dehors de	脇から
because of	a causa de	en raison de	のために
close to	cerca de	près de	に近い
due to	debido a	en raison de	ために
except for	a excepción de	sauf pour les	を除いて
far from	lejos de	loin de	遠くから
in to (or into)	en (o en)	à (ou dans)	に（またはに）
inside of	dentro de	l'intérieur de	内部の
instead of	en lugar de	au lieu de	代わりに
near to	cerca de	près de	に近い
next to	junto a	à côté de	の横に
on to (or onto)	a (o sobre)	à (ou sur)	上（または上）
out from	a partir de	à partir de	外出先から
out of	de	de	のうち
outside of	fuera de	en dehors de	外
owing to	debido a	en raison de	のため
prior to	antes de	avant	前に
pursuant to	de conformidad con el	conformément à la	の規定により
regardless of	independientemente de	indépendamment de	関係なく
subsequent to	con posterioridad a	à la suite de	以降
that of	que de	celui de	その
Three words	Tres palabras	Trois mots	3つの単語を
as far as	en la medida de lo	autant que	限り
as well as	así como	ainsi que	だけでなく、
by means of	por medio de	par le biais de	〜によって
in accordance with	de conformidad con	conformément à la	合わせて
in addition to	además de	en plus de	加えて
in case of	en caso de	en cas de	例で
in front of	delante de	en face de	目の前に
in lieu of	en lugar de	en lieu et place de	代わりに
in place of	en lugar de	en lieu et place de	代わりに
in spite of	a pesar de	en dépit de	そぞろに
on account of	en razón de	sur le compte de	アカウントの
on behalf of	en nombre de	au nom de	代わって
on top of	en la parte superior de	sur le dessus de	の上に
with regard to	con respecto a	en ce qui concerne	関して

More Examples

I am thinking about my girlfriend.

Some people argue against their friends, but I prefer to have a calm evening.

Among all the boys in blue shirts, my friend stood in a red shirt.

Were you at the party on Saturday?

Beneath the bridge you can find a beautiful river flowing rapidly.

If you look between the desks, you will see your pencil.

To arrive here, I took a plane but my brother traveled by bus.

Despite our differences, we get along fine.

I am from Italy and you are from Spain.

Please put the cup into the cupboard.

The market is near my house.

Take off your shoes before you enter the house.

I saw a famous person on TV.

Over there is where I left my wallet.

Since you don’t have anything to do, you can help me with my work.

Are you going to the party tonight?

My friend was with me yesterday in the park.

Without a good recommendation, you cannot get the job.

According to science, we evolved into humans after millions of years.

Instead of going to the concert, they went to the mall.

I want to get this song out of my head!

Prior to his arrest, he had never done anything wrong.

I want to buy three steaks as well as some chicken.

In case of an emergency, call the number listed here.

In spite of our differences, we have a great relationship.

With regard to our money, we don’t have much left.

I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some words from the Prepositions List ..., try to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn English page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.