EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

2 · Easy · Added · 3 · Time and Frequency

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Difficulty rubric versions: 2 × Difficulty: Easy × Source review decisions: Added × Coverage gap value: 3 × Topics: Time and Frequency ×

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Topics40 branches

Find phrases for everyday situations and conversations. A phrase can belong to several topics.

Keeping a Conversation Going128 Conversation94 Requests64 Making Plans62 Everyday Statements56 Home Together48 Clearing Up Misunderstandings33 Reactions31 Getting Around Mexico27 Boundaries and Disagreements26 Encouragement and Celebration25 Food and Eating Together22 Health and Getting Help22 Everyday Affection21 Feelings and Check-ins17 Food and Dining13 Romance12 Travel and Directions12 Shopping and Paying11 Relationships and Family10 Time and Frequency8 Everyday Actions7 Feelings6 Everyday Conversation4 Missing Someone and Showing Affection3 Wants, Needs, and Obligations3 Asking for Help Politely2 Asking Someone Out2 Cooking Together2 Health and Safety2 Making Plans with Friends2 Calls, Texts, and WhatsApp1 Encouraging Someone1 Hotel Check-In and Checkout1 Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds1 Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions1 Talking About Family1 Visiting a Pharmacy1 Walking Directions1 Wants and Needs1

Difficulty3 branches

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

Beginner19 Easy8 Moderate3

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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.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
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 →
When did it happen?¿Cuándo pasó?
“¿Cuándo pasó?” means “When did it happen?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask the date/time of a previously mentioned past event.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
When will you know?¿Cuándo lo vas a saber?
“¿Cuándo lo vas a saber?” means “When will you know?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask when information or a result will become known.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
I was late.Llegué tarde.
“Llegué tarde.” means “I was late.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain arriving late in an understood past situation.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
Time flies.El tiempo vuela.
“El tiempo vuela.” means “Time flies.” in Mexican Spanish. Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
When did you finish?¿Cuándo terminaste?
“¿Cuándo terminaste?” means “When did you finish?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask when an understood task finished in the past.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
When did you start?¿Cuándo empezaste?
“¿Cuándo empezaste?” means “When did you start?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask when an understood activity or job started in the past.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →

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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.

Neutral6 Familiar (tú)2

Conversation role4 branches

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

Ask a question6 Answer or explain2 Express feelings or opinions2 Share information2

Situations8 branches

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

Ask about a first visit or experience.1 Ask the date/time of a previously mentioned past event.1 Ask when an understood activity or job started in the past.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 Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1 Explain arriving late in an understood past situation.1

Gender forms1 branches

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

neutral8

Who or what gender refers to1 branches

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

Not recorded8

Learning collections2 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion6 Core2

Vocabulary families13 branches

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

ir2 empezaste1 llamar1 llegue1 paso1 primera1 saber1 ser1 tarde1 terminaste1 tiempo1 vez1 vuela1

Vocabulary familiarity2 branches

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

Everyday7 Less common1

Reusability2 branches

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

55 43

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

23 33 12

Confusion risk2 branches

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

35 23

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–35 4–63

Usefulness score2 branches

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

36 42

Difficulty score1 branches

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

21–308

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

05 1–33

Review dates1 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-238

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)8

Source batches1 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-238

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.8

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded8

Length difficulty factor4 branches