EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

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Difficulty3 branches

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Beginner168 Easy116 Moderate7

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Thank you.Gracias.
“Gracias.” means “Thank you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.
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Yes.Sí.
“Sí.” means “Yes.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.
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No, thank you.No, gracias.
“No, gracias.” means “No, thank you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.
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I understand.Entiendo.
“Entiendo.” means “I understand.” in Mexican Spanish. Signals that you understand an explanation or what someone says.
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You’re right.Tienes razón.
“Tienes razón.” means “You’re right.” in Mexican Spanish. Informal, addressing one person. Tener razón means to be right.
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You’re welcome.De nada.
“De nada.” means “You’re welcome.” in Mexican Spanish. A standard response to gracias.
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I don’t know.No sé.
“No sé.” means “I don’t know.” in Mexican Spanish. No sé and No lo sé are both natural. No lo sé refers to not knowing it / the answer. Same acknowledgement of missing knowledge as existing No sé; record as a contextual variant. No lo sabía means I didn’t know, a different tense.
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I’m hungry.Tengo hambre.
“Tengo hambre.” means “I’m hungry.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Feelings. Share personal information.
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I feel thirsty.Tengo sed.
“Tengo sed.” means “I feel thirsty.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Feelings. Share personal information.
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I’m on my way.Voy en camino.
“Voy en camino.” means “I’m on my way.” in Mexican Spanish. Voy en camino and Estoy en camino are both natural ways to say I’m on my way.
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I don’t understand.No entiendo.
“No entiendo.” means “I don’t understand.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.
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Yes, of course.Sí, claro.
“Sí, claro.” means “Yes, of course.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.
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How are you?¿Cómo estás?
“¿Cómo estás?” means “How are you?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal, addressing one person.
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Where is it?¿Dónde está?
“¿Dónde está?” means “Where is it?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.
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Do you speak Spanish?¿Hablas español?
“¿Hablas español?” means “Do you speak Spanish?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.
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What do you mean?¿Qué quieres decir?
“¿Qué quieres decir?” means “What do you mean?” in Mexican Spanish. Asks someone to clarify their meaning; informal, addressing one person.
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No problem.No hay problema.
“No hay problema.” means “No problem.” in Mexican Spanish. Reassures someone that something is not a problem.
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There is a problem.Hay un problema.
“Hay un problema.” means “There is a problem.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Everyday Conversation. Respond / explain.
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Do you speak English?¿Hablas inglés?
“¿Hablas inglés?” means “Do you speak English?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.
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Well, and you?Bien, ¿y tú?
“Bien, ¿y tú?” means “Well, and you?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / ask a follow-up.
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Soon.Pronto.
“Pronto.” means “Soon.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.
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Already.Ya.
“Ya.” means “Already.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.
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I see.Ya veo.
“Ya veo.” means “I see.” in Mexican Spanish. Means now I understand / I see what you mean, rather than simply describing eyesight.
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Let me see.Déjame ver.
“Déjame ver.” means “Let me see.” in Mexican Spanish. Can ask to look at something or signal that you need a moment to check or think.
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Formality and register2 branches

How a phrase addresses someone: Neutral, Familiar (tú), or Formal (usted). Politeness also depends on wording and context; tú can be polite.

Neutral148 Familiar (tú)20

Conversation role5 branches

What the phrase does in a conversation. A phrase can have several standardized roles, such as asking, answering or sharing information.

Answer or explain91 Ask a question59 Share information16 Make a request3 Invite or give permission1

Situations1 branches

The specific setting recorded by the editorial review. Not every phrase has a named situation.

Not recorded168

Gender forms4 branches

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neutral154 both11 masculine2 feminine1

Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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Not recorded154 noun8 listener4 speaker2

Learning collections2 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Not recorded168 Introductory Set3

Vocabulary families134 branches

Browse recorded word families shared by phrases. These editorial family labels may not be dictionary headwords.

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Vocabulary familiarity1 branches

Everyday, less common and specialized vocabulary, considered separately from grammatical difficulty.

Not recorded168

Reusability4 branches

Editorial score for how broadly an expression can be reused; higher scores indicate more reuse.

393 456 518 21

Ambiguity risk2 branches

Editorial score for how strongly meaning can depend on context; higher values indicate more ambiguity.

1152 216

Confusion risk4 branches

Editorial estimate of the chance of confusing the expression with another; higher values indicate more risk.

193 247 426 32

Spanish word count2 branches

Explore shorter and longer expressions using the recorded Spanish word count.

1–3163 4–65

Usefulness score4 branches

The detailed editorial usefulness score, distinct from the three usefulness labels.

4120 525 321 22

Difficulty score2 branches

Scores run from 5 to 100. These ten-point ranges show the finer distribution within difficulty bands.

11–20146 5–1022

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

Recorded number of vocabulary-family contributions; it is not a learner’s vocabulary size.

0110 1–358

Review dates7 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-1460 2026-10-1052 2026-10-1223 2026-10-1321 2026-10-167 2026-10-174 2026-10-151

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)168

Source batches12 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

Not recorded59 Time adverbs screenshot29 I know screenshot21 Everyday questions screenshot20 50 everyday phrases screenshot12 Past-tense questions screenshot10 Short everyday phrases screenshot5 30 everyday conversational phrases screenshot4 Curated multi-source screenshot3 Informal me commands screenshot3 28 everyday questions screenshot1 Thirty everyday phrases screenshot1

Review methods2 branches

How the recorded editorial ratings were assigned. These are assessments rather than measured learning outcomes.

Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap165 Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline3

Source review decisions5 branches

The recorded action taken when a phrase was reviewed in a source batch.

Added103 Not recorded59 Retained existing2 Updated equivalent2 Updated translation2

Introductory speakers2 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded165 Guest3

Idiom difficulty factor2 branches