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175unique phrases · 9% of collection

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Keeping a Conversation Going59Requests41Everyday Statements38Conversation35Home Together32Making Plans29Getting Around Mexico23Boundaries and Disagreements19Reactions19Everyday Affection16Encouragement and Celebration15Health and Getting Help15Clearing Up Misunderstandings14Feelings and Check-ins11Food and Eating Together11Travel and Directions10Romance9Food and Dining7Relationships and Family7Time and Frequency6Everyday Actions5Shopping and Paying5Feelings4Health and Safety2Wants, Needs, and Obligations2Asking Someone Out1Cooking Together1Hotel Check-In and Checkout1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Talking About Family1Visiting a Pharmacy1Walking Directions1Wants and Needs1

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  1. Hold it.Sujétalo.

    “Sujétalo.” means “Hold it.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. Get out quickly.Sal rápido.

    “Sal rápido.” means “Get out quickly.” in Mexican Spanish. Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  3. Should I go?¿Debería ir?

    “¿Debería ir?” means “Should I go?” in Mexican Spanish. Seek advice about whether to go or leave.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  4. Do we have to stop?¿Tenemos que parar?

    “¿Tenemos que parar?” means “Do we have to stop?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether the group needs to stop the current action or journey.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  5. Help me sit down.Ayúdame a sentarme.

    “Ayúdame a sentarme.” means “Help me sit down.” in Mexican Spanish. Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  6. Help me get up.Ayúdame a levantarme.

    “Ayúdame a levantarme.” means “Help me get up.” in Mexican Spanish. Request physical help to rise, not tell someone to stand independently.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  7. Take this medicine.Tome este medicamento.

    “Tome este medicamento.” means “Take this medicine.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  8. Do we need to hurry?¿Tenemos que apurarnos?

    “¿Tenemos que apurarnos?” means “Do we need to hurry?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether the speaker and companions need to act urgently.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  9. I can fix it.Puedo arreglarlo.

    “Puedo arreglarlo.” means “I can fix it.” in Mexican Spanish. Offer to repair an understood item.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  10. I plan to drive.Planeo manejar.

    “Planeo manejar.” means “I plan to drive.” in Mexican Spanish. State an intention to drive in a travel plan.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  11. You can tell me.Puedes decírmelo.

    “Puedes decírmelo.” means “You can tell me.” in Mexican Spanish. Give permission or reassurance to disclose something to the speaker.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. We have a deal.Tenemos un trato.

    “Tenemos un trato.” means “We have a deal.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm reaching a deal in an understood negotiation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  13. I check my email.Reviso mi correo.

    “Reviso mi correo.” means “I check my email.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe checking email as part of a routine.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  14. My window is open.Mi ventana está abierta.

    “Mi ventana está abierta.” means “My window is open.” in Mexican Spanish. Report that a window is open, for example while discussing rain or ventilation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  15. My keys are inside.Mis llaves están dentro.

    “Mis llaves están dentro.” means “My keys are inside.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the keys are inside an indicated place, useful in a lockout discussion.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  16. What’s it about?¿De qué trata?

    “¿De qué trata?” means “What’s it about?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask what an understood book, film or subject is about.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  17. Take it there.Llévalo allí.

    “Llévalo allí.” means “Take it there.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to take an understood object to another indicated place away from the speaker.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  18. Set it up.Prepáralo.

    “Prepáralo.” means “Set it up.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to prepare an understood item or event.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  19. Figure it out.Resuélvelo.

    “Resuélvelo.” means “Figure it out.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to solve an understood problem.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  20. Let it go.Déjalo ir.

    “Déjalo ir.” means “Let it go.” in Mexican Spanish. Allow an understood person or thing to leave. This selects literal release.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  21. How can we improve?¿Cómo podemos mejorar?

    “¿Cómo podemos mejorar?” means “How can we improve?” in Mexican Spanish. Seek constructive advice on improving a shared activity or product.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  22. I get dressed.Me visto.

    “Me visto.” means “I get dressed.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe getting dressed as an ordinary routine.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  23. Why did you call?¿Por qué llamaste?

    “¿Por qué llamaste?” means “Why did you call?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask the reason for a past call.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  24. I plan to travel.Planeo viajar.

    “Planeo viajar.” means “I plan to travel.” in Mexican Spanish. State an intention to travel when discussing future plans.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Technical Specs
Formality and register3 branches

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

Familiar (tú)89Neutral83Formal (usted)3
Conversation role9 branches

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

Share information79Answer or explain77Express feelings or opinions69Give instructions50Make a request44Ask a question42Reassure or encourage4Invite or give permission2Offer help or make a promise1
Situations175 branches

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

Acknowledge/reassure that the speaker will not worry about the understood matter.1Advise taking an umbrella along.1Affirm a serious romantic match in an established relationship.1Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1Allow an understood person or thing to leave. This selects literal release.1An honest, slightly negative answer about well-being.1Announce having a gift for the listener before handing it over.1Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.1Arrival registration at a hotel/event.1Ask a close person for a hug.1Ask about a possible health risk.1Ask about enjoyment of a completed activity, not general preference.1Ask about playing football as a hobby in casual introductions.1Ask about someone’s availability during a past period. Female listener: ¿Estabas ocupada?1Ask about the book/text someone is currently reading.1Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1Ask for affection in an appropriate established relationship.1Ask for confidence in the speaker’s ability/support, not factual belief in a statement.1Ask for help locking an understood item.1Ask for justification for doing an understood action.1Ask for the method of repairing an understood object/problem.1Ask how a known food/dish is prepared.1Ask if a proposed action would be helpful.1Ask someone not to argue verbally.1Ask someone to change the bed sheets as a household task.1Ask someone to dress smartly for an occasion.1Ask someone to fill an understood bottle.1Ask someone to finish a beverage.1Ask someone to follow the rules of a game/test.1Ask someone to grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1Ask someone to imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1Ask someone to increase the music volume.1Ask someone to iron clothing.1Ask someone to keep already shared information private.1Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1Ask someone to look up an understood word in a dictionary or reference.1Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.1Ask someone to prepare an understood item or event.1Ask someone to solve an understood problem.1Ask someone to stop discussing a subject.1Ask someone to take an understood object to another indicated place away from the speaker.1Ask someone to tidy or organize a closet.1Ask the date/time of a previously mentioned past event.1Ask the listener to consider the understood suggestion.1Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1Ask the reason behind an understood remark.1Ask the reason for a past call.1Ask to accompany someone who is leaving.1Ask to cover an understood item/container.1Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1Ask what a woman mentioned earlier purchased.1Ask what an understood book, film or subject is about.1Ask when an understood activity or job started in the past.1Ask when an understood task finished in the past.1Ask when information or a result will become known.1Ask where someone studied in an ordinary personal-history conversation.1Ask whether a hotel exists nearby during travel.1Ask whether contacting an understood male person by phone is advisable.1Ask whether driving happened in a past situation, not whether someone knows how to drive.1Ask whether the group needs to stop the current action or journey.1Ask whether the speaker and companions need to act urgently.1Ask which person an already-understood man asked in a past conversation.1Ask which person arrived at an earlier event.1Ask which season applies in an understood location, for example comparing hemispheres.1Ask who is responsible for an understood error or problem.1Ask why a person stopped an understood movement or activity.1Ask why an understood business/place is closed.1Ask willingness to repeat a completed experience.1Check whether a conversation with the understood woman happened.1Check whether a message was sent to the already understood woman.1Check whether an understood man has replied to a message/question.1Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1Commit to avoiding an argument in an understood conversation.1Confirm reaching a deal in an understood negotiation.1Confirm whether a meeting will happen.1Confirm whether another person intends to stay.1Congratulate the listener on winning an understood game/contest.1Conocerte means meeting or getting to know someone for the first time.1Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1Describe a messy room in ordinary household conversation.1Describe checking email as part of a routine.1Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1Describe fitness after inactivity or during activity planning.1Describe getting dressed as an ordinary routine.1Describe getting out of bed as a routine, rather than command someone to stand.1Describe going to bed as a routine, rather than telling another person to sleep.1Describe making the bed as a household chore.1Describe progress learning English.1Describe showering in a household routine.1Describe waking as a daily routine.1Direct someone across a bridge on an understood route.1Direct someone upstairs.1Direct the listener’s gaze downward toward an understood point.1Discuss another person’s Spanish-learning process or resources.1Explain a future decision not to drive.1Explain a future decision not to work in the understood period, e.g.1Explain a need to sleep and end an activity or conversation.1Explain a past illness/absence. Female speaker: Estaba enferma.1Explain an obligation to study.1Explain arriving late in an understood past situation.1Explain current activity while on foot.1Explain current cooking activity/availability.1Explain handling a task oneself without another person’s assistance.1Explain holding an item aside for the listener’s use, e.g.1Explain not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.1Explain that the keys are inside an indicated place, useful in a lockout discussion.1Explain the speaker cannot trust the listener in an appropriate serious conversation.1Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1Express affection for your family.1Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1Express that a listener inspires or motivates the speaker, in an appropriate personal appreciation context.1Firm request for honesty.1Firmly tell someone to leave.1Friendly instruction to remain warmly dressed.1Gently ask why the listener is upset/annoyed, not simply sad.1Give an ordinary household bathing instruction.1Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.1Give permission or reassurance to disclose something to the speaker.1Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1Invite shared enjoyment of an activity.1Invite shared prayer when appropriate in the relationship/cultural setting.1Invite someone to have coffee together.1Locate an item/person beside the speaker.1Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.1Offer condolences after a death.1Offer ongoing personal support, e.g.1Offer to cook for the listener as a household or relationship arrangement.1Offer to repair an understood item.1Often an ironic reaction to bad luck; tone establishes the meaning. Suerte is feminine regardless of the speaker.1Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1Politely ask a seller whether they can offer a discount.1Politely ask someone not to smoke at the present location.1Propose staying at home together instead of an outing.1Reassure someone about an uncertain future outcome.1Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1Report an accidental coffee spill to explain a mess or request assistance.1Report increasing outdoor warmth.1Report not asking an understood person or question.1Report rain ending, distinct from current rainfall.1Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1Report snow currently falling.1Report that a drinking glass broke accidentally.1Report that a window is open, for example while discussing rain or ventilation.1Report that the relevant place is empty of people.1Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1Request painting an understood wall during household maintenance.1Request physical help to rise, not tell someone to stand independently.1Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.1Request that the listener handle cooking for an understood meal.1Respectfully report that a previously identified person died.1Seek a shared decision about whether to wait.1Seek advice about whether to go or leave.1Seek constructive advice on improving a shared activity or product.1Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.1Set a clear boundary against repetition of an understood action.1Share an intuition or hunch.1Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.1State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1State a firm boundary that an understood decision is settled.1State an intention to drive in a travel plan.1State an intention to travel when discussing future plans.1State that listener lied to the speaker in a serious conversation.1Suggest going out for air.1Tell a familiar listener they help the speaker feel calm.1Tell a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1Tell a listener they help the speaker feel better.1Tell listener they make speaker feel welcome or at home.1The place is across the street. Keep the street as the reference point.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.1Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1Understand hospitality where the business/host covers the cost.1
Gender forms3 branches

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neutral171masculine3feminine1
Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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Not recorded171speaker2listener1noun1
Vocabulary families253 branches

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Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday103Less common70Specialized2
Reusability4 branches

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

410754632121
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

310027114
Confusion risk3 branches

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

311026312
Spanish word count3 branches

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1–31274–6477–101
Usefulness score3 branches

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

311844958
Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–3012331–4052
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–3123052
Review dates1 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23175
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)175
Source batches1 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23175
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.175
Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded175
Length difficulty factor7 branches

Recorded points for this component of the difficulty score. See each phrase for the assessment note.

6603519350161211151181
Vocabulary difficulty factor6 branches

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39102822351661542
Grammar difficulty factor11 branches

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1349174420216162315101016712434253212
Idiom difficulty factor5 branches

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01404238863121
Reuse difficulty factor4 branches

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077-276-419-63
Unique Vocabulary Families139 branches

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New Families Vs Baseline176 branches

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New Vocabulary Vs Baseline2 branches

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1–3149026
Pronunciation Included1 branches

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No175