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Difficulty: Beginner × Difficulty rubric versions: 2 × Length difficulty factor: 0 × Coverage gap value: 4 ×

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Topics11 branches

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Keeping a Conversation Going9Reactions8Romance7Asking Someone Out1Clearing Up Misunderstandings1Food and Dining1Food and Eating Together1Getting Around Mexico1Making Plans1Requests1Time and Frequency1

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  1. Welcome!¡Bienvenido!

    “¡Bienvenido!” means “Welcome!” in Mexican Spanish. Greet arriving guests. Female listener: ¡Bienvenida!

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. Bless you!¡Salud!

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

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  3. Is it spicy?¿Pica?

    “¿Pica?” means “Is it spicy?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether food is spicy before ordering.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  4. Nothing.Nada.

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

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  5. This one.Este.

    “Este.” means “This one.” in Mexican Spanish. Select an indicated item.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  6. No one.Nadie.

    “Nadie.” means “No one.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a who question with no one.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  7. Probably.Probablemente.

    “Probablemente.” means “Probably.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a likelihood question with probably.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  8. Quite a bit.Bastante.

    “Bastante.” means “Quite a bit.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a quantity/degree question with a substantial amount.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  9. Last night.Anoche.

    “Anoche.” means “Last night.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer when something happened with last night.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  10. Oops!¡Ups!

    “¡Ups!” means “Oops!” in Mexican Spanish. React to a small accidental mistake with a conventional interjection.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  11. 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.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. 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.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  13. 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 →
  14. 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.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  15. Happy anniversary!¡Feliz aniversario!

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

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  16. 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.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  17. Wait for me.Espérame.

    “Espérame.” means “Wait for me.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Requests. Request / express a need.

    BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
  18. Can I kiss you?¿Puedo besarte?

    Ask permission to kiss someone. It is a question that leaves room for a genuine answer; wait for an affirmative response.

    BeginnerHighEnglish 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.

Neutral15Familiar (tú)3
Conversation role7 branches

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

Answer or explain7Express affection5Express feelings or opinions5Share information5Ask a question3Greet or say goodbye2Make a request1
Situations12 branches

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

Romantic relationships7Answer a likelihood question with probably.1Answer a quantity/degree question with a substantial amount.1Answer a who question with no one.1Answer when something happened with last night.1Ask whether food is spicy before ordering.1Greet arriving guests. Female listener: ¡Bienvenida!1Not recorded1React to a small accidental mistake with a conventional interjection.1Reply nothing to a question about content, quantity or activity.1Respond politely when someone sneezes.1Select an indicated item.1
Gender forms2 branches

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

neutral17masculine1
Who or what gender refers to2 branches

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Not recorded17listener1
Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core10Expansion7Not recorded1
Vocabulary families25 branches

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

feliz3contigo2amo1aniversario1anoche1bastante1besarte1bienvenido1esperar1estar1haces1me1nada1nadie1None recorded1pareja1pica1probablemente1puedo1quiero1salud1soy1te1tienes1ups1
Vocabulary familiarity2 branches

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

Everyday17Not recorded1
Reusability3 branches

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

395544
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

1103622
Confusion risk3 branches

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

2113611
Spanish word count1 branches

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

1–318
Usefulness score2 branches

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

41553
Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–20155–103
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

0131–35
Review dates2 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23172026-10-101
Editorial quality2 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)11Editorial review for Spanish (Mexico)7
Source batches2 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2310Not recorded8
Review methods3 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.10Editorial assessment of length, vocabulary, grammar and relationship context7Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap1
Source review decisions2 branches

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

Added10Not recorded8
Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded18
Vocabulary difficulty factor4 branches

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

57350422
Grammar difficulty factor4 branches

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3966102171
Idiom difficulty factor2 branches

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01761
Reuse difficulty factor2 branches

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

016-22
Unique Vocabulary Families6 branches

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None recorded13anoche1bastante1bienvenido1probablemente1ups1
New Families Vs Baseline9 branches

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Not recorded8None recorded3anoche1bastante1bienvenido1nadie1probablemente1salud1ups1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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Not recorded81–3703
Pronunciation Included2 branches

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No11Not recorded7