Contrast: B1 Spanish vocabulary

6 Spanish words about contrast at B1 level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• de hechoadverbin fact, as a matter of fact
• por un lado … por otro ladoadverbon the one hand … on the other
• mientras queconjunctionwhereas, while
• por otra parteadverbon the other hand, furthermore
• no obstanteadverbnevertheless, notwithstanding — formal register contrastive connector; equivalent to sin embargo but higher register
• a pesar de queconjunctiondespite the fact that, although