Useful phrases for expressing opinions and arguments in Spanish
When you are talking or writing in Spanish, you don't just want to repeat the same phrases over and over again.
This table has examples for how you can express opinions and ideas in different ways, to keep your Spanish varied and more interesting. Try learning some of these so that they come naturally, allowing you to concentrate on specific things you want to say.
| Por un lado pienso que | on the one hand, I think that... |
| Pero por el otro, diría que | but on the other hand, I would say that... |
| Debo enfatizar que | I must stress that... |
| Por ejemplo | for example... |
| Creo que | I believe that... |
| Estoy seguro/a de que | I am certain that |
| Encuentro que | I find that |
| Estoy convencido/a de que | I am convinced that |
| Lo encuentro difícil de [ + verb ] | I find it difficult to |
| Me pregunto si | I ask myself if... |
| Estimo que | I consider that |
| O... o... | either... or... |
| Como resultado | as a result |
| Es más | furthermore |
| Además | moreover |
| Por un lado pienso que |
| on the one hand, I think that... |
| Pero por el otro, diría que |
| but on the other hand, I would say that... |
| Debo enfatizar que |
| I must stress that... |
| Por ejemplo |
| for example... |
| Creo que |
| I believe that... |
| Estoy seguro/a de que |
| I am certain that |
| Encuentro que |
| I find that |
| Estoy convencido/a de que |
| I am convinced that |
| Lo encuentro difícil de [ + verb ] |
| I find it difficult to |
| Me pregunto si |
| I ask myself if... |
| Estimo que |
| I consider that |
| O... o... |
| either... or... |
| Como resultado |
| as a result |
| Es más |
| furthermore |
| Además |
| moreover |
