Spanish idioms with A

Hello, everyone! Today I decided to add a list of idioms with a. You know, idioms is one of the toughest parts of learning any language. So, lets spend some time working on our idioms. Let it be your little reference post for the a idioms.


Here we go:

a bordo	on board
a caballo	on horseback
a cada instante	at every moment
a campo raso	in the open
a casa/en casa	at home
a causa de	because of
a ciegas	blindly
a contrapelo	against the grain
a escondidas	on the sly
a espaldas	Treacherously
a eso de	at about (with time)
a fin de cuentas	after all
a fines de	at the end of (day, week, month, etc.)
a fondo	thoroughly
a fuerza de	by dint of
a gatas	on all fours
a hurto	on the sly
a lo largo de	alongside of
a lo lejos	in the distance
a lo mejor	maybe
a lo menos (al menos)	at least
a los cuatro vientos	in all directions
a mano	by hand
a más tardar	at the very least
a mediados de	around  the middle of
a medio hacer	half done
a menudo	often
a mi parecer	in my opinion
a oscuras	in the dark
a pesar de	in spite of
a pie	on foot
a pierna suelta	without a care
a pocos pasos	at a short distance
a primera luz	at dawn
a principios de	at the beginning of
a propósito	on purpose
a que	I bet!
a sabiendas	knowingly
a saltos	by leaps and bounds
a solas	alone
a tiempo	on time
a tientas	blindly
a todo correr	at full speed
a tráves de	across
a veces	at times
a ver	let’s see
frente a	in front of
junto a	beside, next to
poco a poco	little by little
uno a uno	one by one

Have a good one!


Lots of love, lots of respect!


Igor

Reference: Research & Education Association. (2000). Spanish Grammar, Style, and Writing. NJ: REA