

You’ll also benefit from the range of usage examples we’ve got lined up.īut first… What are the other meanings of por and para? But, don’t worry! You’ll become a master at using por and para with the little hints we’ll reveal in this blog post. You might also benefit from knowing that por and para also have other meanings, which takes the difficulty of telling them apart up a notch. So, your goal is to know which contexts require por and which require para.

It’s a challenge because, on the whole, both of these words mean ‘for’ in English.

Why is it so difficult to tell these two words apart? If you are just beginning to learn Spanish, you might already know how difficult it is to distinguish between ser and estar… It’s often a challenge for non-native Spanish speakers to know which of these to use.
