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Keeping a Conversation Going61Requests39Conversation33Home Together26Reactions20Making Plans18Clearing Up Misunderstandings16Boundaries and Disagreements15Everyday Statements15Encouragement and Celebration12Getting Around Mexico12Everyday Affection7Feelings and Check-ins7Everyday Actions6Food and Eating Together6Health and Getting Help6Relationships and Family5Everyday Conversation4Food and Dining4Romance3Travel and Directions3Cooking Together2Feelings2Health and Safety2Shopping and Paying2Time and Frequency2Asking Someone Out1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Talking About Family1Visiting a Pharmacy1

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  1. Can you hear me?¿Me escuchas?

    “¿Me escuchas?” means “Can you hear me?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural for calls; ¿Me oyes? is also valid.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. 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 →
  3. 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 →
  4. Get your things.Toma tus cosas.

    “Toma tus cosas.” means “Get your things.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to gather/take their belongings before leaving.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  5. 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 →
  6. 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 →
  7. Don’t cry.No llores.

    “No llores.” means “Don’t cry.” in Mexican Spanish. Comfort someone who is crying.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  8. 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 →
  9. Don’t go.No te vayas.

    “No te vayas.” means “Don’t go.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone not to leave.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  10. 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 →
  11. When exactly?¿Cuándo exactamente?

    “¿Cuándo exactamente?” means “When exactly?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. When does it end?¿Cuándo termina?

    “¿Cuándo termina?” means “When does it end?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  13. Who is coming?¿Quién viene?

    “¿Quién viene?” means “Who is coming?” in Mexican Spanish. Common planning question.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  14. What do you see?¿Qué ves?

    “¿Qué ves?” means “What do you see?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask what the listener can see from their viewpoint.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  15. What do you hear?¿Qué oyes?

    “¿Qué oyes?” means “What do you hear?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask what sound or speech the listener hears.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  16. By the way.Por cierto.

    “Por cierto.” means “By the way.” in Mexican Spanish. Introduce a related aside in conversation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  17. It’s finished.Ya está terminado.

    “Ya está terminado.” means “It’s finished.” in Mexican Spanish. Refers to a completed task or a masculine noun; use terminada for a feminine noun.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  18. I don’t know how to swim.No sé nadar.

    “No sé nadar.” means “I don’t know how to swim.” in Mexican Spanish. For not knowing how to swim. No puedo nadar means being unable or not allowed to swim in the current situation.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  19. 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 →
  20. Who do you know?¿A quién conoces?

    “¿A quién conoces?” means “Who do you know?” in Mexican Spanish. Conocer for knowing people, rather than saber.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  21. Who wants this?¿Quién quiere esto?

    “¿Quién quiere esto?” means “Who wants this?” in Mexican Spanish. Useful for offering or distributing an item.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  22. Don’t shout.No grites.

    “No grites.” means “Don’t shout.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to lower their voice without demanding complete silence.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  23. 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 →
  24. 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 →
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)83Neutral50Formal (usted)2
Conversation role8 branches

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

Give instructions48Answer or explain47Ask a question36Express feelings or opinions36Make a request33Share information33Reassure or encourage4Greet or say goodbye1
Situations107 branches

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

Not recorded29Accept an invitation enthusiastically.1Advise taking an umbrella along.1Affectionate question about missing the speaker.1Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1Approximate an amount or answer how something is going.1Arrival registration at a hotel/event.1Ask a close person for a hug.1Ask about enjoyment of a completed activity, not general preference.1Ask about playing football as a hobby in casual introductions.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 the method of repairing an understood object/problem.1Ask how a device/container/door is closed.1Ask how a device/container/door is opened.1Ask how a known food/dish is prepared.1Ask if a proposed action would be helpful.1Ask someone not to argue verbally.1Ask someone not to leave.1Ask someone to allow more time.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 gather/take their belongings before leaving.1Ask someone to increase the music volume.1Ask someone to keep already shared information private.1Ask someone to look up an understood word in a dictionary or reference.1Ask someone to lower their voice without demanding complete silence.1Ask someone to perform the understood action.1Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.1Ask someone to prepare an understood item or event.1Ask someone to return.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 listener to consider the understood suggestion.1Ask to cover an understood item/container.1Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1Ask what an understood book, film or subject is about.1Ask what sound or speech the listener hears.1Ask what the listener can see from their viewpoint.1Ask when an understood activity or job started in the past.1Ask when an understood task finished in the past.1Ask where someone studied in an ordinary personal-history conversation.1Ask whether driving happened in a past situation, not whether someone knows how to drive.1Ask which person an already-understood man asked in a past conversation.1Ask which person arrived at an earlier event.1Ask why a person stopped an understood movement or activity.1Ask why someone is laughing.1Check whether an understood man has replied to a message/question.1Clarify that the speaker did not make a call in the understood past period.1Comfort someone who is crying.1Congratulate the listener on winning an understood game/contest.1Deny doing an understood action.1Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1Describe checking email as part of a routine.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 showering in a household routine.1Describe waking as a daily routine.1Direct attention to an indicated place or item.1Direct someone across a bridge on an understood route.1Direct someone upstairs.1Direct the listener’s gaze downward toward an understood point.1Encourage someone to sleep/rest.1Explain a past illness/absence. Female speaker: Estaba enferma.1Explain not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1Express affection for your family.1Express that a listener inspires or motivates the speaker, in an appropriate personal appreciation context.1Firm request for honesty.1Firmly refuse something.1Firmly tell someone to leave.1Friendly instruction to remain warmly dressed.1Give an ordinary household bathing instruction.1Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1Introduce a related aside in conversation.1Invite someone to hear a piece of news or a surprise.1Invite the listener to sample/taste an understood food or drink.1Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.1Offer condolences after a death.1Offer ongoing personal support, e.g.1Often an ironic reaction to bad luck; tone establishes the meaning. Suerte is feminine regardless of the speaker.1React when something confirms what you suspected.1Remind someone not to forget an understood task or item.1Report not asking an understood person or question.1Report not having eaten during an understood past period.1Report not sleeping during an understood night or period.1Report rain ending, distinct from current rainfall.1Report that a drinking glass broke accidentally.1Request painting an understood wall during household maintenance.1Respectfully report that a previously identified person died.1Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.1Set a clear boundary against repetition of an understood action.1Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.1State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1State an intention to travel when discussing future plans.1State that listener lied to the speaker in a serious conversation.1Tell a familiar listener they help the speaker feel calm.1Tell someone it is their turn to act.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.1Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1Wake someone who is sleeping.1
Gender forms4 branches

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

neutral131both2feminine1masculine1
Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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

Not recorded131object2noun1speaker1
Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion77Core29Not recorded29
Vocabulary families178 branches

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

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Vocabulary familiarity4 branches

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

Everyday69Less common35Not recorded29Specialized2
Reusability4 branches

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

48032752622
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

352250133
Confusion risk3 branches

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

26836017
Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–31214–614
Usefulness score3 branches

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

46935759
Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–309131–4044
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–3103032
Review dates4 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-231062026-10-19172026-10-1692026-10-183
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)135
Source batches6 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23106LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 210LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 1725 conversational statements screenshot522 everyday expressions screenshot42026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot3
Review methods3 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.106Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.20Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.9
Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded135
Length difficulty factor4 branches

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

651350020914
Vocabulary difficulty factor10 branches

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

373516215612011123821414171
Grammar difficulty factor14 branches

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

1737132810162013681672372653525312221214191
Idiom difficulty factor6 branches

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

01164106410282121
Unique Vocabulary Families117 branches

Explore the recorded editorial values for this metric. Missing values are explicitly marked.

None recorded32abajo1abrazame1abrigado1acuesto1adivina1amas1amo1apoyare1arreglas1ayudaria1banate1bebida1besame1botella1busca1cambia1cara1cierto1closet1cocinas1confias1conoces1conociste1correo1cosas1cree1cruza1cubrelo1deja1dejo1despiertate1despierto1discutas1disfrutaste1dormi1ducho1elegante1empezaste1encantaria1envuelvelo1escaleras1escuchas1ese1estudias1estudiaste1exactamente1extranaste1fallecio1fui1futbol1grites1hazlo1historia1hondo1inspiras1juegas1larga1levanto1llegaste1lleva1llevalo1llores1manejaste1medicamento1mentiste1mientas1nadar1ninguna1ordena1oyes1paciencia1paraguas1paraste1pared1pesame1piensalo1pinta1pregunte1pregunto1preparalo1pruebalo1puente1quedare1quiere1registrate1repitas1respire1respondio1resuelvelo1revisa1reviso1ries1rompio1sabanas1secreto1sube1subele1sujetalo1tema1termina1terminado1tome1trampa1tranquilizas1trata1tuve1vayas1ve1ves1vete1vi1viajar1viene1vino1vistete1vuelve1
New Families Vs Baseline139 branches

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None recorded16Not recorded4estaba2mira2abajo1abrazame1abrigado1acuesto1adivina1amas1amo1apoyare1arreglas1ayudaria1banate1bebida1besame1botella1busca1cambia1cara1cierto1closet1cocinas1comi1confias1conoces1conociste1correo1cosas1cree1cruza1cubrelo1deja1dejo1despiertate1despierto1discutas1disfrutaste1dormi1ducho1duerme1elegante1empezaste1encantaria1envuelvelo1escaleras1escuchas1ese1estudias1estudiaste1exactamente1extranaste1fallecio1fui1futbol1grites1guarda1hagas1hazlo1hice1historia1hondo1inspiras1juegas1larga1lavo1levanto1llame1llegaste1lleva1llevalo1llores1llover1manejaste1manera1medicamento1menos1mentiste1mia1mientas1nadar1ninguna1ordena1oyes1paciencia1palabra1paraguas1paraste1pared1pesame1piensalo1pinta1planeo1platos1pregunte1pregunto1preparalo1pruebalo1puente1quedare1quiere1registrate1repitas1respire1respondio1resuelvelo1revisa1reviso1ries1rompio1sabanas1sabia1secreto1sube1subele1sueno1sujetalo1tema1termina1terminado1toca1toma1tome1trabajando1trampa1tranquilizas1trata1tuve1vayas1ve1ves1vete1vi1viajar1viene1vino1vistete1vuelve1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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1–3115016Not recorded4
Pronunciation Included1 branches

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No135