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I have a ticket.Tengo un boleto.
“Tengo un boleto.” means “I have a ticket.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.
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Hands up.Manos arriba.
“Manos arriba.” means “Hands up.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.
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Because of traffic.Por el tráfico.
“Por el tráfico.” means “Because of traffic.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.
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I need a car.Necesito un carro.
“Necesito un carro.” means “I need a car.” in Mexican Spanish. State needing a vehicle, e.g.
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I don’t have a job.No tengo trabajo.
“No tengo trabajo.” means “I don’t have a job.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the speaker is not employed.
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We have guests.Tenemos invitados.
“Tenemos invitados.” means “We have guests.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.
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I’m a vegetarian.Soy vegetariano.
“Soy vegetariano.” means “I’m a vegetarian.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a vegetarian dietary restriction while ordering. Female speaker: Soy vegetariana.
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Since then.Desde entonces.
“Desde entonces.” means “Since then.” in Mexican Spanish. Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.
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That’s confusing.Eso es confuso.
“Eso es confuso.” means “That’s confusing.” in Mexican Spanish. Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.
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My phone is slow.Mi teléfono está lento.
“Mi teléfono está lento.” means “My phone is slow.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe current slow performance of the phone itself, distinct from internet speed.
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I charge my phone.Cargo mi teléfono.
“Cargo mi teléfono.” means “I charge my phone.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.
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I don’t have a car.No tengo coche.
“No tengo coche.” means “I don’t have a car.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.
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We have a meeting.Tenemos una reunión.
“Tenemos una reunión.” means “We have a meeting.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.
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I can cook.Sé cocinar.
“Sé cocinar.” means “I can cook.” in Mexican Spanish. State that the speaker knows how to cook.
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I don’t have a choice.No tengo otra opción.
“No tengo otra opción.” means “I don’t have a choice.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.
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Is it fresh?¿Está fresco?
“¿Está fresco?” means “Is it fresh?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask about food freshness in a restaurant.
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This is just a test.Solo es una prueba.
“Solo es una prueba.” means “This is just a test.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.
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This is just a guess.Es solo una suposición.
“Es solo una suposición.” means “This is just a guess.” in Mexican Spanish. Label an assertion as a guess rather than known fact.
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At the same time.Al mismo tiempo.
“Al mismo tiempo.” means “At the same time.” in Mexican Spanish. Say events/actions happen simultaneously.
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Tea or coffee?¿Té o café?
“¿Té o café?” means “Tea or coffee?” in Mexican Spanish. Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.
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I have breakfast.Desayuno.
“Desayuno.” means “I have breakfast.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.
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I have friends.Tengo amigos.
“Tengo amigos.” means “I have friends.” in Mexican Spanish. Share social background. Feminine alternative: Tengo amigas.
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That’s boring.Es aburrido.
“Es aburrido.” means “That’s boring.” in Mexican Spanish. Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.
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I’m going alone.Voy solo.
“Voy solo.” means “I’m going alone.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.
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Conversation role6 branches

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

Share information55 Answer or explain52 Express feelings or opinions43 Ask a question5 Give instructions1 Make a request1

Situations62 branches

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

Address a close romantic partner affectionately.1 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1 Answer a day-of-week question.1 Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1 Ask about food freshness in a restaurant.1 Ask whether to sit/act inside or outside.1 Ask whether weather is windy before an outing.1 Celos means interpersonal jealousy; envidia means envy.1 Check whether anyone is at home before entering/visiting.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Communicate a need for an X-ray in a clinical conversation.1 Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.1 Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1 Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1 Describe an unexpected sudden event.1 Describe charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.1 Describe current slow performance of the phone itself, distinct from internet speed.1 Describe doing laundry in ordinary household conversation.1 Describe exercising as a habitual activity.1 Describe having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.1 Describe someone else’s work ethic.1 Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.1 Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1 Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.1 Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.1 Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.1 Explain a vegetarian dietary restriction while ordering. Female speaker: Soy vegetariana.1 Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1 Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.1 Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.1 Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1 Explain the activity being done now.1 Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1 Give flexible timing as a short contextual scheduling answer.1 Give the ordinary physical street location in reply to a location question.1 Give your age with tener; substitute the number as needed.1 Identify the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1 Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1 Label an assertion as a guess rather than known fact.1 Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1 Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1 Mention having a dog when talking about pets.1 Name a traffic signal as a navigation landmark in a contextual answer.1 Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.1 Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1 Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1 Request or describe doing things one by one.1 Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1 Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1 Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.1 Schoolwork or a conversation with family about homework.1 Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1 Share being in love in an appropriate personal conversation. Female speaker: Estoy enamorada.1 Share social background. Feminine alternative: Tengo amigas.1 Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1 State an example occupation in response to What do you do. Female speaker: Soy profesora.1 State needing a vehicle, e.g.1 State that an understood item or action is not dangerous.1 State that the speaker knows how to cook.1 Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1 Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.1

Gender forms2 branches

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neutral55 masculine7

Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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Not recorded55 speaker4 object2 noun1

Vocabulary families89 branches

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

Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday39 Less common22 Specialized1

Reusability4 branches

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

436 524 21 31

Coverage gap value2 branches

Editorial estimate of how much the phrase adds to the collection’s practical coverage.

359 43

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

333 226 13

Confusion risk3 branches

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

336 223 13

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–352 4–610

Usefulness score3 branches

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

344 414 54

Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–2061 5–101

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–332 030

Review dates1 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2362

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)62

Source batches1 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2362

Review methods1 branches

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

Individual editorial meaning/context/grammar review; difficulty-v2 vocabulary/reuse recomputed against reconciled 1414-card deck. Supplemental ratings are editorial estimates, not recall or CEFR measurements.62

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded62

Length difficulty factor4 branches