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Keeping a Conversation Going73Conversation54Making Plans39Requests34Everyday Statements33Home Together25Clearing Up Misunderstandings23Reactions21Getting Around Mexico17Boundaries and Disagreements16Encouragement and Celebration15Food and Eating Together15Health and Getting Help11Everyday Affection10Food and Dining10Time and Frequency7Feelings and Check-ins6Relationships and Family6Romance6Shopping and Paying6Travel and Directions6Wants, Needs, and Obligations3Asking Someone Out2Cooking Together2Everyday Actions2Feelings2Encouraging Someone1Hotel Check-In and Checkout1Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds1Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions1Talking About Family1Walking Directions1

Difficulty3 branches

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Easy175Beginner155Moderate6
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  1. This is my order.Este es mi pedido.

    “Este es mi pedido.” means “This is my order.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify a food/shop order when collecting it or resolving a mix-up.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. 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 →
  3. Wait here.Espera aquí.

    “Espera aquí.” means “Wait here.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  4. 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 →
  5. 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 →
  6. 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 →
  7. Drive safely.Maneja con cuidado.

    “Maneja con cuidado.” means “Drive safely.” in Mexican Spanish. Wish someone a careful journey or caution a driver.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  8. 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 →
  9. 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 →
  10. 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 →
  11. 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 →
  12. Don’t cry.No llores.

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

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  13. 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 →
  14. 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 →
  15. I have to leave.Tengo que irme.

    “Tengo que irme.” means “I have to leave.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain the need to end a visit or conversation.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  16. 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 →
  17. 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 →
  18. Can you try it?¿Puedes intentarlo?

    “¿Puedes intentarlo?” means “Can you try it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask another person to attempt the understood task.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  19. This is my favorite.Este es mi favorito.

    “Este es mi favorito.” means “This is my favorite.” in Mexican Spanish. Choose a favorite among understood alternatives. For a feminine object: Esta es mi favorita.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  20. 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 →
  21. I am eating.Estoy comiendo.

    “Estoy comiendo.” means “I am eating.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that eating is happening now.

    EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  22. 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 →
  23. 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 →
  24. 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.

    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.

Familiar (tú)89Neutral86
Conversation role10 branches

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

Ask a question66Answer or explain59Share information53Express feelings or opinions51Give instructions40Make a request25Reassure or encourage7Offer help or make a promise4Invite or give permission2Greet or say goodbye1
Situations175 branches

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

Accept an invitation enthusiastically.1Accept responsibility for an understood task or problem.1Affectionate question about missing the speaker.1Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.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.1Approximate an amount or answer how something is going.1Arrival registration at a hotel/event.1Ask a close person for a hug.1Ask a trusted person or partner to remain with the speaker.1Ask about a first visit or experience.1Ask about a possible health risk.1Ask about another person’s general tastes, rather than placing an order.1Ask about enjoyment of a completed activity, not general preference.1Ask about exchanging a purchase.1Ask about improvement in a previously discussed situation.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 about the effort involved in learning something.1Ask another person to attempt the understood task.1Ask for affection in an appropriate established relationship.1Ask for justification for doing an understood action.1Ask for the method of repairing an understood object/problem.1Ask for time to think before replying.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 explain the method for an understood task.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 imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1Ask someone to keep already shared information private.1Ask someone to lower their voice without demanding complete silence.1Ask someone to perform the understood action.1Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.1Ask someone to return.1Ask someone to stop discussing a subject.1Ask someone to take an understood object to another indicated place away from the speaker.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 what a woman mentioned earlier purchased.1Ask what an understood book, film or subject is about.1Ask what food someone is currently eating.1Ask what is being looked at.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 when information or a result will become known.1Ask when someone plans to call.1Ask whether a hotel exists nearby during travel.1Ask whether a method, device, or plan will work.1Ask whether a previously discussed situation is worsening.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 something is beneficial to the listener.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 arrived at an earlier event.1Ask why a person stopped an understood movement or activity.1Ask why an understood business/place is closed.1Ask why someone is laughing.1Ask willingness to repeat a completed experience.1Check stock or availability for today.1Check whether a conversation with the understood woman happened.1Check whether a group is departing immediately.1Check whether a message was sent to the already understood woman.1Check whether an understood man has replied to a message/question.1Choose a favorite among understood alternatives. For a feminine object: Esta es mi favorita.1Clarify that the speaker did not make a call in the understood past period.1Comfort someone who is crying.1Commit to remaining at the understood place or event.1Compare online and in-person prices.1Compare reality with expectations.1Confirm that an item matches what someone wanted.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.1Deny doing an understood action.1Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1Describe checking email as part of a 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 progress learning English.1Describe waking as a daily routine.1Direct attention to an indicated place or item.1Direct someone to go home, e.g.1Direct someone upstairs.1Direct the listener’s gaze downward toward an understood point.1Discuss another person’s Spanish-learning process or resources.1Discuss the weather forecast.1Emphasize that a statement is serious.1Encourage someone before or during a challenge.1Encourage someone to eat something.1Encourage someone to sleep/rest.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 not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.1Explain tasks that still need doing.1Explain that a bag is heavy and may require carrying assistance.1Explain that eating is happening now.1Explain that the keys are inside an indicated place, useful in a lockout discussion.1Explain that the speaker is learning Spanish.1Explain the need to end a visit or conversation.1Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1Express affection for your family.1Firm request for honesty.1Firmly refuse something.1Firmly tell someone to leave.1Gently ask what is occupying someone’s thoughts, rather than solicit an opinion on a shared topic.1Gently ask why the listener is upset/annoyed, not simply sad.1Give a softened negative answer.1Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.1Give permission or reassurance to disclose something to the speaker.1Identify a food/shop order when collecting it or resolving a mix-up.1Identify which object belongs to the listener among alternatives. For a feminine object: ¿Cuál es la tuya?1Invite questions and offer oneself as a source of an answer.1Invite shared enjoyment of an activity.1Invite someone to have coffee together.1Invite the listener to sample/taste an understood food or drink.1Leave an understood object alone or as it is. For a feminine object, déjala.1Locate an item/person beside the speaker.1Offer an opportunity to have a beverage.1Offer availability for a phone call rather than instruct someone to call.1Offer coffee as a host.1Offer ongoing personal support, e.g.1Offer to cook for the listener as a household or relationship arrangement.1Politely ask someone not to smoke at the present location.1Question whether an action is needed.1React when something confirms what you suspected.1Reassure someone about an uncertain future outcome.1Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1Remind someone not to forget an understood task or item.1Report increasing outdoor warmth.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 receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1Report that a window is open, for example while discussing rain or ventilation.1Report that the relevant place is empty of people.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.1Say the speaker does not have an understood item.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.1Suggest going out for air.1Tell a listener they help the speaker feel better.1Tell listener they make speaker feel welcome or at home.1Tell someone it is their turn to act.1The place is across the street. Keep the street as the reference point.1Wake someone who is sleeping.1Wish someone a careful journey or caution a driver.1
Gender forms2 branches

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neutral170masculine5
Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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Not recorded170object2speaker2listener1
Learning collections2 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion103Core72
Vocabulary families220 branches

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Reusability4 branches

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

48755932821
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

385275115
Confusion risk3 branches

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

39227716
Spanish word count3 branches

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

1–31324–6427–101
Usefulness score3 branches

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

490369516
Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–3013031–4045
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–3102073
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 factor6 branches

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

661357934014128181
Vocabulary difficulty factor6 branches

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

3850382345116542
Grammar difficulty factor11 branches

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

17421336202310192315614168127256154181
Idiom difficulty factor5 branches

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

01474188563102
Reuse difficulty factor4 branches

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

-280069-423-63
Unique Vocabulary Families108 branches

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New Families Vs Baseline148 branches

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New Vocabulary Vs Baseline2 branches

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1–3138037
Pronunciation Included1 branches

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No175