Expresiones de Causa

Question 1

Since…

Answer 1

Como…

Question 2

…because (informal)

Answer 2

…porque

Question 3

…because (formal)

Answer 3

…pues

Question 4

…because (after an order or advice)

Answer 4

…que

Question 5

thanks to (that)

Answer 5

gracias a (que)

Question 6

as a cause of (that)

Answer 6

a causa de (que)

Question 7

as a fault of (that)

Answer 7

por culpa de (que)

Question 8

owed to (that)

Answer 8

debido a que

Question 9

since

Answer 9

ya que

Question 10

given that (2)

Answer 10

puesto que

dado que

Question 11

considering that

Answer 11

considerando que

Question 12

taking into account that (2)

Answer 12

teniendo en cuenta que

habida en cuenta que

Question 13

in the light that

Answer 13

en vista de que

Question 14

it’s that

Answer 14

es que

Question 15

what so happens is that

Answer 15

lo que pasa es que

Question 16

just in case

Answer 16

por si acaso

Question 17

gerund-ing… (e.g. having lived in Barcelona, he can speak Catalán) (2)

Answer 17

Al + infinitivo

Por + infinitivo

Question 18

not because (e.g. he got the position, not because he deserves it, but because he knows the owner)

Answer 18

no porque + subjuntivo

Question 19

it’s not that

Answer 19

no es que + subjuntivo