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Topics38 branches

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Keeping a Conversation Going59Conversation44Making Plans29Time and Frequency24Getting Around Mexico16Clearing Up Misunderstandings13Everyday Conversation13Everyday Statements13Reactions11Boundaries and Disagreements7Food and Eating Together7Encouragement and Celebration6Food and Dining5Greetings and Introductions4Home Together4Shopping and Paying4Health and Getting Help3Wants and Needs3Making Plans with Friends2Natural Reactions and Replies2Requests2Saying No Politely2Travel and Directions2Wants, Needs, and Obligations2Actions and Encouragement1Apologizing1Asking for Help Politely1Disagreeing Politely1Encouraging Someone1Everyday Affection1Feelings1Feelings and Check-ins1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Romance1Splitting the Bill and Tipping1Taking a Taxi in Mexico1Talking About How Often1Visiting Someone’s Home1

Difficulty2 branches

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

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  1. Thank you.Gracias.

    “Gracias.” means “Thank you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. I need water.Necesito agua.

    “Necesito agua.” means “I need water.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Wants and Needs. Request / express a need.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  3. Hello.Hola.

    “Hola.” means “Hello.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Greet / close.

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  4. Yes.Sí.

    “Sí.” means “Yes.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

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  5. No.No.

    “No.” means “No.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a direct negative answer.

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  6. Please.Por favor.

    “Por favor.” means “Please.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Requests. Request / express a need.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  7. I’m sorry.Lo siento.

    “Lo siento.” means “I’m sorry.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Share personal information.

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  8. No, thank you.No, gracias.

    “No, gracias.” means “No, thank you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

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  9. I need more time.Necesito más tiempo.

    “Necesito más tiempo.” means “I need more time.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Wants and Needs. Reassure / encourage.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  10. I understand.Entiendo.

    “Entiendo.” means “I understand.” in Mexican Spanish. Signals that you understand an explanation or what someone says.

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  11. You’re right.Tienes razón.

    “Tienes razón.” means “You’re right.” in Mexican Spanish. Informal, addressing one person. Tener razón means to be right.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. You’re welcome.De nada.

    “De nada.” means “You’re welcome.” in Mexican Spanish. A standard response to gracias.

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  13. I don’t know.No sé.

    “No sé.” means “I don’t know.” in Mexican Spanish. No sé and No lo sé are both natural. No lo sé refers to not knowing it / the answer. Same acknowledgement of missing knowledge as existing No sé; record as a contextual variant. No lo sabía means I didn’t know, a different tense.

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  14. See you tomorrow.Hasta mañana.

    “Hasta mañana.” means “See you tomorrow.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Greet / close.

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  15. I’m on my way.Voy en camino.

    “Voy en camino.” means “I’m on my way.” in Mexican Spanish. Voy en camino and Estoy en camino are both natural ways to say I’m on my way.

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  16. At what time?¿A qué hora?

    “¿A qué hora?” means “At what time?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask for the scheduled clock time of an already understood event, rather than current clock time.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  17. I don’t understand.No entiendo.

    “No entiendo.” means “I don’t understand.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  18. Hands up.Manos arriba.

    “Manos arriba.” means “Hands up.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.

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  19. Bless you!¡Salud!

    “¡Salud!” means “Bless you!” in Mexican Spanish. Respond politely when someone sneezes.

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  20. What size?¿Qué talla?

    “¿Qué talla?” means “What size?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask/select clothing size during shopping or fitting.

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  21. To the hotel, please.Al hotel, por favor.

    “Al hotel, por favor.” means “To the hotel, please.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a taxi destination when the specific hotel is already known.

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  22. Soon.Pronto.

    “Pronto.” means “Soon.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

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  23. Already.Ya.

    “Ya.” means “Already.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

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  24. Nothing.Nada.

    “Nada.” means “Nothing.” in Mexican Spanish. Reply nothing to a question about content, quantity or activity.

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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.

Neutral113Familiar (tú)6
Conversation role8 branches

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

Answer or explain81Share information30Express feelings or opinions25Ask a question14Make a request10Greet or say goodbye5Reassure or encourage3Give instructions2
Situations44 branches

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

Not recorded76Answer a frequency question with almost never.1Answer a who question with no one.1Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1Answer when with before/earlier.1Ask a follow-up about the location of a previously mentioned event/object.1Ask for a reason for a preceding claim or decision.1Ask for the scheduled clock time of an already understood event, rather than current clock time.1Ask how a previously mentioned action/result happens, or request clarification when the method was unclear.1Ask preferred serving temperature of an understood drink/item.1Ask the number of countable items already under discussion.1Ask the purpose or intended use of something already mentioned.1Ask whether to do the understood action now or later.1Ask whether to sit/act inside or outside.1Ask which of two indicated places to use for the understood action or seating.1Ask/select clothing size during shopping or fitting.1Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1Correct a proposed location or stopping place.1Defer an action to the next opportunity.1Describe gradual progress or small steps with a conventional marker.1Describe or limit a status to the period up to now.1Encourage or describe gradual progress through a process.1Give a direct negative answer.1Give a taxi destination when the specific hotel is already known.1Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.1Give flexible timing as a short contextual scheduling answer.1Give the ordinary physical street location in reply to a location question.1Identify the exact desired location visually.1Identify the present occasion in contrast with another time.1Introduce the first point in a sequence.1Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.1Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.1Refer to the previous occasion in a short contextual timing answer.1Reply nothing to a question about content, quantity or activity.1Request or describe doing things one by one.1Respond politely when someone sneezes.1Return someone’s thanks; gracias a ti can also credit them for an outcome.1Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1Select an indicated item.1Specify sugar should be included in a drink.1Specify that an understood action should happen as soon as possible.1Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.1
Gender forms4 branches

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

neutral114both3feminine1masculine1
Who or what gender refers to3 branches

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

Not recorded114noun4object1
Learning collections4 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Not recorded76Core32Expansion11Introductory Set2
Vocabulary families88 branches

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

None recorded27favor5necesitar5vez5gracias4momento4nada4tarde4antes3conozco3hacer3hasta3ir3tiempo3ver3ya3agua2camino2cualquier2ellos2entiendo2esperar2estar2frio2no2pronto2razon2tener2todo2adelante1adentro1afuera1ahora1aqui1arriba1ayuda1azucar1buen1buena1cafe1caliente1calle1calor1casi1cuantos1cuenta1cuidado1dame1dejar1despues1dia1dios1ellas1estan1extrano1hola1hora1hotel1idea1justo1lugar1manos1menos1mes1mismo1muchas1mucho1nadie1necesito1nunca1paso1posible1primera1proxima1rato1sal1salud1sentir1suficiente1tal1talla1telefono1temprano1ti1trabajo1ultima1veces1verdad1
Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Not recorded76Everyday37Less common6
Reusability4 branches

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

36753241822
Coverage gap value5 branches

Editorial estimate of how much the phrase adds to the collection’s practical coverage.

1523394162755
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

168331220
Confusion risk4 branches

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

142241325411
Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–31124–67
Usefulness score4 branches

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

47652431821
Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–20795–1040
Review dates9 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23432026-10-10222026-10-14202026-10-13162026-10-1682026-10-1242026-10-1722026-10-1822026-10-192
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)119
Source batches14 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2343Not recorded27I know screenshot16Time adverbs screenshot1150 everyday phrases screenshot82026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot230 everyday conversational phrases screenshot2Curated multi-source screenshot2Everyday questions screenshot2LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 2222 everyday expressions screenshot1Informal me commands screenshot1Short everyday phrases screenshot1Thirty everyday phrases screenshot1
Review methods5 branches

How the recorded editorial ratings were assigned. These are assessments rather than measured learning outcomes.

Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap69Individual 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.43Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.4Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline2Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.1
Source review decisions5 branches

The recorded action taken when a phrase was reviewed in a source batch.

Added88Not recorded27Retained existing2Updated equivalent1Updated translation1
Introductory speakers2 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded117Guest2
Length difficulty factor4 branches

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

34864302197
Vocabulary difficulty factor5 branches

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

088224433252
Idiom difficulty factor4 branches

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

010341312261
Reuse difficulty factor3 branches

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

060-246-413
Unique Vocabulary Families1 branches

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None recorded119
New Families Vs Baseline24 branches

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None recorded65Not recorded28antes3conozco3cualquier2todo2adentro1afuera1arriba1caliente1calle1cuantos1dame1dejar1dios1ellos1hotel1justo1manos1menos1mes1nadie1primera1salud1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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065Not recorded281–326
Pronunciation Included1 branches

Explore the recorded editorial values for this metric. Missing values are explicitly marked.

No119