EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

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Easy76 Beginner29 Moderate15

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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 →
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 →
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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By the way.Por cierto.
“Por cierto.” means “By the way.” in Mexican Spanish. Introduce a related aside in conversation.
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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.
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My train is delayed.Mi tren está retrasado.
“Mi tren está retrasado.” means “My train is delayed.” in Mexican Spanish. Report a delayed train during travel planning.
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Set it up.Prepáralo.
“Prepáralo.” means “Set it up.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to prepare an understood item or event.
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Figure it out.Resuélvelo.
“Resuélvelo.” means “Figure it out.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to solve an understood problem.
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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.
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Hang up the phone.Cuelga el teléfono.
“Cuelga el teléfono.” means “Hang up the phone.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to end a phone call.
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I get dressed.Me visto.
“Me visto.” means “I get dressed.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe getting dressed as an ordinary routine.
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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.
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You lied to me.Me mentiste.
“Me mentiste.” means “You lied to me.” in Mexican Spanish. State that listener lied to the speaker in a serious conversation.
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Whose fault is it?¿De quién es la culpa?
“¿De quién es la culpa?” means “Whose fault is it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask who is responsible for an understood error or problem.
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Look up the word.Busca la palabra.
“Busca la palabra.” means “Look up the word.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to look up an understood word in a dictionary or reference.
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I can’t trust you.No puedo confiar en ti.
“No puedo confiar en ti.” means “I can’t trust you.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain the speaker cannot trust the listener in an appropriate serious conversation.
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Be patient.Ten paciencia.
“Ten paciencia.” means “Be patient.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to allow more time.
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Take an umbrella.Lleva un paraguas.
“Lleva un paraguas.” means “Take an umbrella.” in Mexican Spanish. Advise taking an umbrella along.
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Change the sheets.Cambia las sábanas.
“Cambia las sábanas.” means “Change the sheets.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to change the bed sheets as a household task.
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My coffee spilled.Mi café se derramó.
“Mi café se derramó.” means “My coffee spilled.” in Mexican Spanish. Report an accidental coffee spill to explain a mess or request assistance.
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Guess what!¡Adivina qué!
“¡Adivina qué!” means “Guess what!” in Mexican Spanish. Invite someone to hear a piece of news or a surprise.
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Help me lock it.Ayúdame a cerrarlo con llave.
“Ayúdame a cerrarlo con llave.” means “Help me lock it.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask for help locking an understood item.
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You make me smile.Me haces sonreír.
“Me haces sonreír.” means “You make me smile.” in Mexican Spanish. Express personal appreciation to a friend or partner.
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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)38 Neutral35 Formal (usted)3

Conversation role7 branches

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

Answer or explain41 Share information40 Express feelings or opinions36 Give instructions28 Make a request26 Ask a question5 Invite or give permission2

Situations76 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.1 Advise taking an umbrella along.1 Affirm a serious romantic match in an established relationship.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 Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1 Ask for confidence in the speaker’s ability/support, not factual belief in a statement.1 Ask for help locking an understood item.1 Ask someone to allow more time.1 Ask someone to change the bed sheets as a household task.1 Ask someone to dress smartly for an occasion.1 Ask someone to end a phone call.1 Ask someone to grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1 Ask someone to increase the music volume.1 Ask someone to iron clothing.1 Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1 Ask someone to look up an understood word in a dictionary or reference.1 Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.1 Ask someone to prepare an understood item or event.1 Ask someone to solve an understood problem.1 Ask someone to tidy or organize a closet.1 Ask to cover an understood item/container.1 Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1 Ask where someone studied in an ordinary personal-history conversation.1 Ask which person an already-understood man asked in a past conversation.1 Ask which season applies in an understood location, for example comparing hemispheres.1 Ask who is responsible for an understood error or problem.1 Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1 Commit to avoiding an argument in an understood conversation.1 Confirm reaching a deal in an understood negotiation.1 Describe a messy room in ordinary household conversation.1 Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1 Describe fitness after inactivity or during activity planning.1 Describe getting dressed as an ordinary routine.1 Describe making the bed as a household chore.1 Describe showering in a household routine.1 Direct someone across a bridge on an understood route.1 Explain a future decision not to drive.1 Explain handling a task oneself without another person’s assistance.1 Explain holding an item aside for the listener’s use, e.g.1 Explain the speaker cannot trust the listener in an appropriate serious conversation.1 Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1 Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1 Express personal appreciation to a friend or partner.1 Express that a listener inspires or motivates the speaker, in an appropriate personal appreciation context.1 Friendly instruction to remain warmly dressed.1 Give an ordinary household bathing instruction.1 Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1 Introduce a related aside in conversation.1 Invite shared prayer when appropriate in the relationship/cultural setting.1 Invite someone to hear a piece of news or a surprise.1 Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.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 Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1 Politely ask a seller whether they can offer a discount.1 Propose staying at home together instead of an outing.1 Report a delayed train during travel planning.1 Report an accidental coffee spill to explain a mess or request assistance.1 Report snow currently falling.1 Report that a drinking glass broke accidentally.1 Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1 Request painting an understood wall during household maintenance.1 Share an intuition or hunch.1 Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.1 State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1 State a firm boundary that an understood decision is settled.1 State an intention to drive in a travel plan.1 State an intention to travel when discussing future plans.1 State that listener lied to the speaker in a serious conversation.1 Tell a familiar listener they help the speaker feel calm.1 Tell a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1 Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.1 Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.1 Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1 Understand hospitality where the business/host covers the cost.1

Gender forms2 branches

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

neutral75 feminine1

Who or what gender refers to2 branches

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

Not recorded75 noun1

Learning collections2 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion70 Core6

Vocabulary families122 branches

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

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Reusability3 branches

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

452 312 512

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

346 228 12

Confusion risk2 branches

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

350 226

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–354 4–622

Usefulness score3 branches

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

348 426 52

Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–3049 31–4027

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–360 016

Review dates1 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2376

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)76

Source batches1 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2376

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.76

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded76

Length difficulty factor6 branches