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Keeping a Conversation Going26Everyday Statements23Getting Around Mexico13Reactions12Making Plans9Romance9Encouragement and Celebration7Home Together7Travel and Directions7Clearing Up Misunderstandings6Feelings and Check-ins6Food and Eating Together5Time and Frequency5Conversation4Food and Dining4Health and Getting Help4Relationships and Family4Boundaries and Disagreements3Requests3Everyday Affection2Health and Safety2Airports and Luggage1Asking Someone Out1Everyday Actions1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Talking About Family1Walking Directions1Wants and Needs1

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  1. I have a ticket.Tengo un boleto.

    “Tengo un boleto.” means “I have a ticket.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.

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  2. 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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  3. Because of traffic.Por el tráfico.

    “Por el tráfico.” means “Because of traffic.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.

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  4. I need a car.Necesito un carro.

    “Necesito un carro.” means “I need a car.” in Mexican Spanish. State needing a vehicle, e.g.

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  5. Do you have pain?¿Tiene dolor?

    “¿Tiene dolor?” means “Do you have pain?” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a formal yes/no question about pain.

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  6. I don’t have a job.No tengo trabajo.

    “No tengo trabajo.” means “I don’t have a job.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the speaker is not employed.

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  7. We have guests.Tenemos invitados.

    “Tenemos invitados.” means “We have guests.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.

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  8. I’m a vegetarian.Soy vegetariano.

    “Soy vegetariano.” means “I’m a vegetarian.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a vegetarian dietary restriction while ordering. Female speaker: Soy vegetariana.

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  9. I love you deeply.Te amo.

    A strong declaration of love, usually for a romantic partner or a deeply loved family member. Te quiero is also natural and affectionate in Mexico; it does not automatically mean weaker love.

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  10. You make me happy.Me haces feliz.

    Tell someone that being with them brings you happiness. Feliz does not change with the speaker’s or listener’s gender.

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  11. I’m happy with you.Soy feliz contigo.

    Express ongoing happiness in a relationship. Soy feliz contigo describes how being with this person makes you feel; estoy feliz can emphasize a current feeling.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. I want to be with you.Quiero estar contigo.

    Express the wish to spend time with someone or be in a relationship. The surrounding conversation determines how serious the statement is.

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  13. Happy anniversary!¡Feliz aniversario!

    Celebrate a relationship or wedding anniversary. Aniversario is the anniversary of an event, whereas cumpleaños is a birthday.

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  14. Do you have a partner?¿Tienes pareja?

    Ask whether someone is in a relationship without assuming the partner’s gender or marital status. Pareja is grammatically feminine regardless of who it refers to.

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  15. Put it down.Déjalo ahí.

    “Déjalo ahí.” means “Put it down.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to set an object down at the indicated place.

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  16. Since then.Desde entonces.

    “Desde entonces.” means “Since then.” in Mexican Spanish. Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.

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  17. That’s confusing.Eso es confuso.

    “Eso es confuso.” means “That’s confusing.” in Mexican Spanish. Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.

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  18. My phone is slow.Mi teléfono está lento.

    “Mi teléfono está lento.” means “My phone is slow.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe current slow performance of the phone itself, distinct from internet speed.

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  19. I charge my phone.Cargo mi teléfono.

    “Cargo mi teléfono.” means “I charge my phone.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.

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  20. You’re very patient.Eres muy paciente.

    “Eres muy paciente.” means “You’re very patient.” in Mexican Spanish. Appreciate a listener’s patience, for example while the speaker practices Spanish.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  21. I don’t have a car.No tengo coche.

    “No tengo coche.” means “I don’t have a car.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.

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  22. We have a meeting.Tenemos una reunión.

    “Tenemos una reunión.” means “We have a meeting.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.

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  23. You mean a lot to me.Significas mucho para mí.

    Express that someone is very important to you. It can be romantic or deeply affectionate without making a declaration of love.

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  24. I can cook.Sé cocinar.

    “Sé cocinar.” means “I can cook.” in Mexican Spanish. State that the speaker knows how to cook.

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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.

Neutral59Familiar (tú)14Formal (usted)1
Conversation role7 branches

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

Share information56Answer or explain52Express feelings or opinions43Ask a question9Express affection6Give instructions3Make a request3
Situations67 branches

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

Romantic relationships8Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1Answer a day-of-week question.1Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1Appreciate a listener’s patience, for example while the speaker practices Spanish.1Ask about food freshness in a restaurant.1Ask someone to set an object down at the indicated place.1Ask what someone recalls about an understood event.1Ask whether to sit/act inside or outside.1Ask whether weather is windy before an outing.1Celos means interpersonal jealousy; envidia means envy.1Check whether anyone is at home before entering/visiting.1Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1Communicate a need for an X-ray in a clinical conversation.1Compliment someone’s intelligence in an appropriate supportive conversation.1Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.1Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1Describe charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.1Describe current slow performance of the phone itself, distinct from internet speed.1Describe doing laundry in ordinary household conversation.1Describe having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.1Describe someone else’s work ethic.1Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.1Direct the listener’s gaze upward toward an understood point.1Encourage or appreciate someone’s courage in a supportive conversation.1Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.1Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.1Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.1Explain a vegetarian dietary restriction while ordering. Female speaker: Soy vegetariana.1Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1Explain needing to call the listener about an understood matter.1Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.1Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.1Explain that the speaker is not employed.1Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1Explain the activity being done now.1Express personal admiration or respect in an appropriate context.1Express that listener deserves better treatment or an outcome in an understood situation.1Give the ordinary physical street location in reply to a location question.1Give your age with tener; substitute the number as needed.1Greet someone arriving early.1Identify the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1Label an assertion as a guess rather than known fact.1Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1Mention having a dog when talking about pets.1Name a traffic signal as a navigation landmark in a contextual answer.1Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.1Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.1Schoolwork or a conversation with family about homework.1Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1Share social background. Feminine alternative: Tengo amigas.1Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1State an example occupation in response to What do you do. Female speaker: Soy profesora.1State listener cannot drive in an understood current plan.1State needing a vehicle, e.g.1State that an understood duty belongs to the listener.1State that an understood item or action is not dangerous.1State that the speaker knows how to cook.1Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1Understand a formal yes/no question about pain.1Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.1
Gender forms2 branches

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neutral69masculine5
Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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

Not recorded69object2speaker2noun1
Vocabulary families111 branches

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

ser20tener10estar5sola4feliz3necesito3alguien2arriba2contigo2telefono2tenemos2aburrido1adentro1admiro1afuera1ahi1algo1amigos1amo1aniversario1anos1besarte1boleto1cafe1calle1cargo1carro1casa1celos1coche1cocinar1confuso1cumpleanos1dejalo1desayuno1desde1dia1dificil1dolor1duro1entonces1estamos1estudiando1etapa1fresco1hacer1haces1hay1hermana1hermoso1inteligente1invitados1juego1juntos1lavo1lento1llamar1llegaste1lunes1manejar1manos1me1mejor1mereces1mí1mira1mismo1molesto1muchas1mucho1nadie1opcion1otra1paciente1para1pareja1peligroso1perro1poder1primavera1primera1profesor1prueba1puedo1quiero1radiografia1recuerdas1responsabilidad1reunion1ropa1saber1semaforo1sentir1significas1soy1suposicion1tarea1te1temprano1tiempo1tienes1trabajan1trabajar1trafico1valiente1veces1vegetariano1veinticinco1vez1vida1viento1
Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday48Less common25Specialized1
Reusability3 branches

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

43952639
Coverage gap value2 branches

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

363411
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

333230111
Confusion risk3 branches

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

33723512
Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–3634–611
Usefulness score3 branches

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

34342655
Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–20735–101
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

0391–335
Review dates1 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2374
Editorial quality2 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)66Editorial review for Spanish (Mexico)8
Source batches2 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2366Not recorded8
Review methods2 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.66Editorial assessment of length, vocabulary, grammar and relationship context8
Source review decisions2 branches

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

Added66Not recorded8
Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded74
Length difficulty factor5 branches

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

6303259100821
Vocabulary difficulty factor6 branches

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

332215014594262
Grammar difficulty factor5 branches

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

649310109135121
Reuse difficulty factor3 branches

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

-238020-416
Unique Vocabulary Families38 branches

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None recorded39admiro1cargo1celos1coche1confuso1desde1duro1entonces1etapa1fresco1hermana1hermoso1inteligente1invitados1juego1juntos1lunes1mereces1opcion1paciente1peligroso1perro1primavera1profesor1prueba1radiografia1responsabilidad1reunion1semaforo1suposicion1tarea1trabajan1trafico1valiente1vegetariano1veinticinco1vida1
New Families Vs Baseline63 branches

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None recorded11Not recorded8alguien2arriba2tenemos2aburrido1adentro1admiro1afuera1amigos1anos1boleto1calle1cargo1carro1celos1coche1confuso1dejalo1desayuno1desde1dolor1duro1entonces1etapa1fresco1hermana1hermoso1inteligente1invitados1juego1juntos1lavo1lento1lunes1manos1mereces1mira1molesto1nadie1opcion1paciente1peligroso1perro1primavera1primera1profesor1prueba1radiografia1recuerdas1responsabilidad1reunion1ropa1semaforo1suposicion1tarea1trabajan1trafico1valiente1vegetariano1veinticinco1vida1viento1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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1–355011Not recorded8
Pronunciation Included2 branches

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No66Not recorded8