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Poquito’s learning difficulty bands reflect length, vocabulary, grammar and idiom. These are editorial estimates, not CEFR levels.

Beginner165 Easy115 Moderate8 Challenging1

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Can you do me a favor?¿Me puedes hacer un favor?
“¿Me puedes hacer un favor?” means “Can you do me a favor?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural conversational order.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
When are you free?¿Cuándo estás libre?
“¿Cuándo estás libre?” means “When are you free?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversation builder.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
Go home.Ve a casa.
“Ve a casa.” means “Go home.” in Mexican Spanish. Direct someone to go home, e.g.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
Wait here.Espera aquí.
“Espera aquí.” means “Wait here.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
When will it be ready?¿Cuándo va a estar listo? / ¿Cuándo va a estar lista?
“¿Cuándo va a estar listo? / ¿Cuándo va a estar lista?” means “When will it be ready?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask when something will be ready. Use listo for a masculine referent and lista for a feminine one.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
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 →
I’m almost there.Ya casi llego.
“Ya casi llego.” means “I’m almost there.” in Mexican Spanish. Used when you are close to arriving. Llego is present tense, used here for imminent arrival.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
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 →
How do you close it?¿Cómo se cierra?
“¿Cómo se cierra?” means “How do you close it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask how a device/container/door is closed.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
How do you open it?¿Cómo se abre?
“¿Cómo se abre?” means “How do you open it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask how a device/container/door is opened.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
It’s important.Es importante.
“Es importante.” means “It’s important.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Everyday Conversation. Respond / explain.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Who is there?¿Quién está ahí?
“¿Quién está ahí?” means “Who is there?” in Mexican Spanish. Ahí is natural when asking who is at the door; allá can refer farther away.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Is it available today?¿Está disponible hoy?
“¿Está disponible hoy?” means “Is it available today?” in Mexican Spanish. Check stock or availability for today.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Can you try it?¿Puedes intentarlo?
“¿Puedes intentarlo?” means “Can you try it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask another person to attempt the understood task.
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You can call me.Puedes llamarme.
“Puedes llamarme.” means “You can call me.” in Mexican Spanish. Offer availability for a phone call rather than instruct someone to call.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
I am eating.Estoy comiendo.
“Estoy comiendo.” means “I am eating.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that eating is happening now.
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I can fix it.Puedo arreglarlo.
“Puedo arreglarlo.” means “I can fix it.” in Mexican Spanish. Offer to repair an understood item.
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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.
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Is it your first time?¿Es tu primera vez?
“¿Es tu primera vez?” means “Is it your first time?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask about a first visit or experience.
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Is it really necessary?¿De verdad es necesario?
“¿De verdad es necesario?” means “Is it really necessary?” in Mexican Spanish. Question whether an action is needed.
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You got this!¡Tú puedes!
“¡Tú puedes!” means “You got this!” in Mexican Spanish. Encourage someone before or during a challenge.
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When will you call?¿Cuándo vas a llamar?
“¿Cuándo vas a llamar?” means “When will you call?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask when someone plans to call.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Which is yours?¿Cuál es el tuyo?
“¿Cuál es el tuyo?” means “Which is yours?” in Mexican Spanish. Identify which object belongs to the listener among alternatives. For a feminine object: ¿Cuál es la tuya?
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
How do you do it?¿Cómo lo haces?
“¿Cómo lo haces?” means “How do you do it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to explain the method for an understood task.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →

Technical Specs

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.

Neutral64 Familiar (tú)51

Conversation role11 branches

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

Answer or explain46 Ask a question43 Express feelings or opinions39 Share information36 Give instructions15 Make a request11 Offer help or make a promise4 Reassure or encourage4 Invite or give permission2 Greet or say goodbye1 Manage the conversation1

Situations90 branches

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

Not recorded26 Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1 Allow an understood person or thing to leave. This selects literal release.1 Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.1 Approximate an amount or answer how something is going.1 Ask a trusted person or partner to remain with the speaker.1 Ask about a first visit or experience.1 Ask about another person’s general tastes, rather than placing an order.1 Ask about improvement in a previously discussed situation.1 Ask about the effort involved in learning something.1 Ask another person to attempt the understood task.1 Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1 Ask for help locking an understood item.1 Ask for justification for doing an understood action.1 Ask how a device/container/door is closed.1 Ask how a device/container/door is opened.1 Ask someone to explain the method for an understood task.1 Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1 Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.1 Ask the date/time of a previously mentioned past event.1 Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1 Ask the reason behind an understood remark.1 Ask the reason for a past call.1 Ask to accompany someone who is leaving.1 Ask what food someone is currently eating.1 Ask when an understood task finished in the past.1 Ask when information or a result will become known.1 Ask when someone plans to call.1 Ask whether a hotel exists nearby during travel.1 Ask who is responsible for an understood error or problem.1 Ask why an understood business/place is closed.1 Check stock or availability for today.1 Check whether a group is departing immediately.1 Clarify that the speaker did not make a call in the understood past period.1 Commit to remaining at the understood place or event.1 Confirm whether a meeting will happen.1 Confirm whether another person intends to stay.1 Congratulate the listener on winning an understood game/contest.1 Deny doing an understood action.1 Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1 Describe getting dressed as an ordinary routine.1 Describe making the bed as a household chore.1 Describe progress learning English.1 Direct attention to an indicated place or item.1 Direct someone to go home, e.g.1 Discuss the weather forecast.1 Encourage someone before or during a challenge.1 Encourage someone to sleep/rest.1 Explain a future decision not to drive.1 Explain a future decision not to work in the understood period, e.g.1 Explain a need to sleep and end an activity or conversation.1 Explain a past illness/absence. Female speaker: Estaba enferma.1 Explain current cooking activity/availability.1 Explain handling a task oneself without another person’s assistance.1 Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.1 Explain tasks that still need doing.1 Explain that eating is happening now.1 Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1 Gently ask why the listener is upset/annoyed, not simply sad.1 Give a softened negative answer.1 Identify which object belongs to the listener among alternatives. For a feminine object: ¿Cuál es la tuya?1 Leave an understood object alone or as it is. For a feminine object, déjala.1 Locate an item/person beside the speaker.1 Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.1 Offer an opportunity to have a beverage.1 Offer availability for a phone call rather than instruct someone to call.1 Offer coffee as a host.1 Offer to cook for the listener as a household or relationship arrangement.1 Offer to repair an understood item.1 Often an ironic reaction to bad luck; tone establishes the meaning. Suerte is feminine regardless of the speaker.1 Question whether an action is needed.1 React when something confirms what you suspected.1 Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1 Remind someone not to forget an understood task or item.1 Report increasing outdoor warmth.1 Report not having eaten during an understood past period.1 Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1 Report that the relevant place is empty of people.1 Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1 Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.1 Say the speaker does not have an understood item.1 Seek a shared decision about whether to wait.1 Seek advice about whether to go or leave.1 Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.1 State an intention to drive in a travel plan.1 Tell a listener they help the speaker feel better.1 Tell listener they make speaker feel welcome or at home.1 Tell someone it is their turn to act.1 The place is across the street. Keep the street as the reference point.1 Understand hospitality where the business/host covers the cost.1

Gender forms4 branches

Explore the grammatical gender forms recorded for each phrase. Grammatical gender is different from the speaker’s identity.

neutral107 masculine5 both2 feminine1

Who or what gender refers to4 branches

Find whether gender wording relates to the speaker, listener, noun or object.

Not recorded109 object3 speaker2 noun1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion52 Core37 Not recorded26

Vocabulary families138 branches

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

estar13 ir10 ser7 hacer6 llamar4 poder4 cafe3 casa3 dejalo3 estaba3 hay3 llamaste3 tener3 va3 ya3 algo2 ayudame2 comi2 comiendo2 conmigo2 deberia2 esperar2 facil2 favor2 gusta2 gustar2 hago2 lado2 manejar2 mejorando2 no2 paso2 quedar2 sentir2 trabajar2 verdad2 viste2 abre1 adelante1 ahi1 alguien1 aprender1 aqui1 arreglarlo1 asi1 bien1 calle1 calor1 cama1 casi1 cerca1 cerrado1 cerrarlo1 cierra1 cocinando1 cocinar1 consejo1 contigo1 cuenta1 culpa1 dame1 deberiamos1 decir1 descanso1 disponible1 dormir1 duerme1 enferma1 espera1 esperare1 estas1 esto1 feliz1 fuiste1 ganaste1 hacerlo1 haciendo1 hice1 hotel1 importante1 ingles1 intentarlo1 lavo1 libre1 lista1 listo1 llame1 llamo1 llave1 llego1 llevame1 llover1 luego1 mando1 manera1 mejor1 menos1 mia1 minuto1 mira1 mismo1 molesto1 nadie1 necesario1 necesitas1 noche1 nos1 ocupada1 olvides1 otro1 palabra1 parece1 pasar1 planeo1 platos1 primera1 puedes1 quedate1 saber1 sabia1 sentarme1 siento1 sigue1 suerte1 terminaste1 tipo1 toca1 toma1 tómate1 trabajando1 tuyo1 ve1 vemos1 venir1 ver1 vez1 visto1 yo1

Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday73 Not recorded26 Less common16

Reusability3 branches

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

468 533 314

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

350 233 132

Confusion risk3 branches

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

258 352 15

Spanish word count3 branches

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

1–373 4–640 7–102

Usefulness score3 branches

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

462 343 510

Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–3081 31–4034

Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2389 2026-10-1916 2026-10-166 2026-10-103 2026-10-181

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)115

Source batches7 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2389 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 29 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 17 22 everyday expressions screenshot4 Curated multi-source screenshot3 25 conversational statements screenshot2 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot1

Review methods4 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.89 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.17 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.6 Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline3

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded115

Length difficulty factor7 branches