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Además, tenemos que trabajar mañana.

Además, tenemos que trabajar mañana.
Besides, we have to work tomorrow.
From Lesson 295:Escalating connectors (encima, es más)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Además, tenemos que trabajar mañana.

tener
to have
trabajar
to work
mañana
tomorrow
además
besides / moreover

Questions & Answers about Además, tenemos que trabajar mañana.

The lesson is about encima and es más. Could we use one of those here instead of además?
Yes, but it changes the tone. Además simply adds a neutral point. If you use encima, it sounds like a complaint, like saying On top of that! If you use es más, you are escalating your previous point, like saying What is more!
Why use tenemos que instead of debemos?
Tener que followed by an infinitive is the standard way to express an everyday, external obligation like a work schedule. Deber sounds a bit more formal or implies a moral duty, similar to ought to in English.
Both además and también mean also or besides. Why use además here?
Además is perfect here because it introduces a new argument to support whatever was just said. También usually just adds another item to a list or shows agreement, and it rarely starts a sentence to link two separate, complete thoughts.
Can I change the word order to put mañana earlier in the sentence?
Yes, saying Además, mañana tenemos que trabajar is completely natural. Moving mañana right after the comma just puts a little more emphasis on the timeframe.

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