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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.

  2. When are you free?¿Cuándo estás libre?

    “¿Cuándo estás libre?” means “When are you free?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversation builder.

  3. Go home.Ve a casa.

    “Ve a casa.” means “Go home.” in Mexican Spanish. Direct someone to go home, e.g.

  4. Wait here.Espera aquí.

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

  5. Hold it.Sujétalo.

    “Sujétalo.” means “Hold it.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.

  6. Get out quickly.Sal rápido.

    “Sal rápido.” means “Get out quickly.” in Mexican Spanish. Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.

  7. Should I go?¿Debería ir?

    “¿Debería ir?” means “Should I go?” in Mexican Spanish. Seek advice about whether to go or leave.

  8. 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.

  9. Drive safely.Maneja con cuidado.

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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Don’t cry.No llores.

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

  17. 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.

  18. Don’t go.No te vayas.

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

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. It’s important.Es importante.

    “Es importante.” means “It’s important.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Everyday Conversation. Respond / explain.

  22. When exactly?¿Cuándo exactamente?

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

  23. When does it end?¿Cuándo termina?

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

  24. 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.

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Not recorded33Accept an invitation enthusiastically.1Accept responsibility for an understood task or problem.1Advise taking an umbrella along.1Affectionate question about missing the speaker.1Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1Allow an understood person or thing to leave. This selects literal release.1An honest, slightly negative answer about well-being.1Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.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 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 another person to attempt the understood task.1Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.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 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 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 end a phone call.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 grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1Ask someone to imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1Ask someone to iron clothing.1Ask someone to keep already shared information private.1Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.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 remain in the indicated location.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 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 for a past call.1Ask to accompany someone who is leaving.1Ask to cover an understood item/container.1Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.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 where someone studied in an ordinary personal-history conversation.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 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.1Check stock or availability for today.1Check whether a conversation with the understood woman happened.1Check whether a group is departing immediately.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.1Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1Confirm reaching a deal in an understood negotiation.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 feeling guilt or remorse.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 making the bed as a household chore.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 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 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 that eating is happening now.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 affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1Express personal appreciation to a friend or partner.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.1Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.1Give permission or reassurance to disclose something to the speaker.1Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1Introduce a related aside in conversation.1Invite questions and offer oneself as a source of an answer.1Invite shared enjoyment of an activity.1Invite shared prayer when appropriate in the relationship/cultural setting.1Invite someone to have coffee together.1Invite someone to hear a piece of news or a surprise.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.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 repair an understood item.1Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1Propose staying at home together instead of an outing.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 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 snow currently falling.1Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1Request painting an understood wall during household maintenance.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.1Respectfully report that a previously identified person died.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.1Share an intuition or hunch.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 drive in a travel plan.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 a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1Tell someone it is their turn to act.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.1Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1Wake someone who is sleeping.1Wish someone a careful journey or caution a driver.1
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