EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

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

Easy186 Beginner129 Moderate14 Challenging4

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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 →
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 →
Can I sit here?¿Me puedo sentar aquí?
“¿Me puedo sentar aquí?” means “Can I sit here?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversational word order.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
When exactly?¿Cuándo exactamente?
“¿Cuándo exactamente?” means “When exactly?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.
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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 →
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 →
Who is coming?¿Quién viene?
“¿Quién viene?” means “Who is coming?” in Mexican Spanish. Common planning question.
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 →
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.
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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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Can we meet today?¿Podemos vernos hoy?
“¿Podemos vernos hoy?” means “Can we meet today?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural informal meeting; reunirnos suits a meeting context.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
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.
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)113 Neutral73

Conversation role10 branches

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

Answer or explain72 Ask a question66 Express feelings or opinions65 Share information64 Give instructions41 Make a request34 Invite or give permission4 Reassure or encourage2 Greet or say goodbye1 Offer help or make a promise1

Situations140 branches

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

Not recorded47 Acknowledge/reassure that the speaker will not worry about the understood matter.1 Advise taking an umbrella along.1 Affectionate question about missing the speaker.1 Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1 Announce having a gift for the listener before handing it over.1 Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1 Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.1 Arrival registration at a hotel/event.1 Ask about a first visit or experience.1 Ask about a possible health risk.1 Ask about enjoyment of a completed activity, not general preference.1 Ask about exchanging a purchase.1 Ask about improvement in a previously discussed situation.1 Ask about playing football as a hobby in casual introductions.1 Ask about the effort involved in learning something.1 Ask for help locking an understood item.1 Ask for time to think before replying.1 Ask someone not to argue verbally.1 Ask someone not to leave.1 Ask someone to change the bed sheets as a household task.1 Ask someone to end a phone call.1 Ask someone to fill an understood bottle.1 Ask someone to follow the rules of a game/test.1 Ask someone to grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1 Ask someone to imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1 Ask someone to increase the music volume.1 Ask someone to iron clothing.1 Ask someone to keep already shared information private.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 lower their voice without demanding complete silence.1 Ask someone to perform the understood action.1 Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.1 Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.1 Ask someone to tidy or organize a closet.1 Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1 Ask to cover an understood item/container.1 Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1 Ask what is being looked at.1 Ask where someone studied in an ordinary personal-history conversation.1 Ask whether a hotel exists nearby during travel.1 Ask whether a method, device, or plan will work.1 Ask whether a previously discussed situation is worsening.1 Ask whether driving happened in a past situation, not whether someone knows how to drive.1 Ask whether something is beneficial to the listener.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 why a person stopped an understood movement or activity.1 Ask why an understood business/place is closed.1 Ask why someone is laughing.1 Check stock or availability for today.1 Check whether a message was sent to the already understood woman.1 Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1 Commit to avoiding an argument in an understood conversation.1 Compare online and in-person prices.1 Compare reality with expectations.1 Confirm that an item matches what someone wanted.1 Congratulate the listener on winning an understood game/contest.1 Conocerte means meeting or getting to know someone for the first time.1 Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1 Describe a messy room in ordinary household conversation.1 Describe checking email as part of a routine.1 Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1 Describe getting dressed as an ordinary routine.1 Describe getting out of bed as a routine, rather than command someone to stand.1 Describe going to bed as a routine, rather than telling another person to sleep.1 Describe making the bed as a household chore.1 Describe progress learning English.1 Describe showering in a household routine.1 Describe waking as a daily routine.1 Direct attention to an indicated place or item.1 Direct someone across a bridge on an understood route.1 Direct someone to go home, e.g.1 Direct someone upstairs.1 Direct the listener’s gaze downward toward an understood point.1 Discuss the weather forecast.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 past illness/absence. Female speaker: Estaba enferma.1 Explain arriving late in an understood past situation.1 Explain current activity while on foot.1 Explain current cooking activity/availability.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 not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1 Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.1 Explain that a bag is heavy and may require carrying assistance.1 Explain that eating is happening now.1 Explain that the keys are inside an indicated place, useful in a lockout discussion.1 Explain that the speaker is learning Spanish.1 Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1 Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1 Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1 Firm request for honesty.1 Friendly instruction to remain warmly dressed.1 Gently ask why the listener is upset/annoyed, not simply sad.1 Give an ordinary household bathing instruction.1 Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1 Invite questions and offer oneself as a source of an answer.1 Invite the listener to sample/taste an understood food or drink.1 Locate an item/person beside the speaker.1 Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.1 Offer availability for a phone call rather than instruct someone to call.1 Offer ongoing personal support, e.g.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 Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1 Politely ask a seller whether they can offer a discount.1 Politely ask someone not to smoke at the present location.1 Propose staying at home together instead of an outing.1 Question whether an action is needed.1 Reassure someone about an uncertain future outcome.1 Remind someone not to forget an understood task or item.1 Report increasing outdoor warmth.1 Report rain ending, distinct from current rainfall.1 Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1 Report snow currently falling.1 Report that a window is open, for example while discussing rain or ventilation.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 painting an understood wall during household maintenance.1 Request physical help to rise, not tell someone to stand independently.1 Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.1 Request that the listener handle cooking for an understood meal.1 Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.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 Tell a listener they help the speaker feel better.1 Tell listener they make speaker feel welcome or at home.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 Wish someone a careful journey or caution a driver.1

Gender forms4 branches

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neutral178 masculine4 both3 feminine1

Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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

Not recorded180 object3 speaker2 noun1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion107 Not recorded47 Core32

Vocabulary families262 branches

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

estar19 ser10 ir6 hacer5 poder5 bien4 casa4 favor4 ti4 ayudame3 estaba3 esto3 no3 sentir3 va3 aqui2 cafe2 cocinar2 facil2 gusta2 hago2 hay2 hora2 lado2 llamar2 llamaste2 llover2 manejar2 mejorando2 mira2 planeo2 puede2 querer2 sigue2 ve2 venir2 viste2 abajo1 abierta1 abrigado1 acuesto1 adelante1 agarrate1 ahi1 algo1 alguien1 amas1 apoyare1 aprender1 aprendiendo1 arreglarlo1 asi1 ayudar1 banate1 barato1 bolsa1 bonito1 botella1 bueno1 busca1 calle1 calor1 cama1 cambia1 cambiar1 caminando1 cara1 cerca1 cerrado1 cerrarlo1 closet1 cocinando1 comes1 comi1 comiendo1 confias1 conmigo1 conocerte1 conoces1 conociste1 consejo1 correo1 cruza1 cuarto1 cubrelo1 cuelga1 cuenta1 cuidado1 culpable1 dame1 das1 deberia1 decision1 definitiva1 dejalo1 dejame1 dejo1 dentro1 descanso1 descuento1 desordenado1 despierto1 dios1 discutas1 discutir1 disfrutaste1 disponible1 ducho1 duermes1 ejemplo1 ella1 empeorando1 en1 enferma1 envuelvelo1 escaleras1 escuchas1 espanol1 esperabas1 esperando1 esperar1 esperare1 estacion1 estamos1 estara1 estas1 estudias1 estudiaste1 exactamente1 extranaste1 fuerza1 fui1 fuiste1 fumes1 funcionar1 futbol1 ganaste1 grites1 guarda1 guarde1 haciendo1 hagas1 hazlo1 hotel1 ingles1 juegas1 lavo1 levantarme1 levanto1 libre1 linea1 lista1 listo1 llamo1 llave1 llaves1 llegaste1 llegue1 llena1 lleva1 llorando1 malo1 mandaste1 mando1 maneja1 manejaste1 mantente1 mejor1 mensaje1 mentiste1 mia1 mientas1 mirando1 mismo1 molesto1 mucho1 musica1 nadar1 nadie1 necesario1 necesitas1 nevando1 nosotros1 ocupada1 olvides1 ordena1 otro1 palabra1 paraguas1 paraste1 parece1 pared1 pasar1 paso1 pensar1 perderte1 pesa1 pienso1 pinta1 plancha1 platos1 podemos1 podrias1 preguntarme1 pregunto1 preocupar1 primera1 pruebalo1 puedes1 puedo1 puente1 quedare1 quedemonos1 querias1 quiere1 regalo1 registrate1 regresar1 revisa1 reviso1 riendo1 ries1 ropa1 sabanas1 salud1 secreto1 sentar1 sentarme1 siento1 sonrojar1 sube1 subele1 sueno1 suerte1 sujetalo1 tarde1 telefono1 tener1 termina1 terminado1 tiempo1 tipo1 todo1 tómate1 trabajando1 trabajar1 trampa1 tranquilizas1 tuve1 vas1 vayas1 ventana1 verdad1 vernos1 vez1 vi1 viajar1 viene1 visto1 vuela1 ya1 yo1

Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday87 Less common52 Not recorded47

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

272 364 150

Confusion risk3 branches

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

2109 374 13

Spanish word count3 branches

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

1–3126 4–658 7–102

Usefulness score3 branches

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

392 482 512

Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–30138 31–4048

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–3118 068

Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23139 2026-10-1940 2026-10-163 2026-10-183 2026-10-101

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)186

Source batches6 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23139 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 120 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 220 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot3 25 conversational statements screenshot3 Curated multi-source 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.139 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.43 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.3 Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline1

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded186

Length difficulty factor7 branches