| Aunque with the indicative | a real fact or new information | Aunque me duele la cabeza, voy a trabajar. | Even though my head hurts, I'm going to work. |
| Aunque with the present subjunctive | a known fact that does not matter, or a possibility | Aunque esté lloviendo, voy a correr. / Aunque me lo pidas mil veces, no lo haré. | Even if it's raining, I'm going to run. / Even if you ask me a thousand times, I won't do it. |
| Aunque with the imperfect subjunctive | a hypothesis, with the conditional in the main clause | Aunque me lo pidieras mil veces, no lo haría. | Even if you asked me a thousand times, I wouldn't do it. |
| Other linkers | a pesar de que and por más que take the indicative or the subjunctive | Por más que lo intenté, no pude abrirla. / Por más que lo intente, no podrá abrirla. | However hard I tried, I couldn't open it. / However hard he tries, he won't be able to open it. |
| With si | incluso si and tanto si … como si take the indicative | Tanto si llueve como si no, saldremos. | Whether it rains or not, we'll go out. |
| C1Reduplicated | the verb repeats in the subjunctive with a relative word | Pase lo que pase, te ayudaré. | Whatever happens, I'll help you. |
| C1Formal linkers | si bien and aun cuando introduce an obstacle in formal language | Si bien lo sabía, no dijo nada. | Although he knew it, he said nothing. |
| C1Emphatic | con lo que with the indicative stresses the amount | Con lo que llueve, ¿vas a salir? | With all this rain, are you going out? |
| C2Así with the subjunctive | así with the subjunctive means the same as aunque in informal speech | No lo vendo, así me ofrezcan un millón. | I won't sell it, even if they offer me a million. |
| C2Correlative | two options in the subjunctive: it does not matter which one is chosen | Que lo diga o que lo calle, me da igual. | Whether he says it or keeps quiet, I don't care. |
| Trap | aunque already contrasts: it takes no pero | Aunque llueve, salgo. | Although it's raining, I go out. |