There were several variants of anarchism in Spain: expropriative anarchism in the period leading up to the conflict, the peasant anarchism in the countryside of Andalusia; urban anarcho-syndicalism in Catalonia, particularly its capital Barcelona; and what is sometimes called "pure" anarchism in other cities such as Zaragoza.
Existiron numerosas variantes de anarquismo en España: o anarquismo do campesiñado na zona rural de Andalucía; o anarcosindicalismo urbano en Cataluña, particularmente na capital Barcelona, e o que é ás veces chamado anarquismo "puro" noutras cidades como Zaragoza.