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Keeping a Conversation Going101Conversation76Everyday Statements64Making Plans54Getting Around Mexico35Time and Frequency25Travel and Directions21Health and Getting Help20Clearing Up Misunderstandings19Home Together18Boundaries and Disagreements17Encouragement and Celebration16Feelings and Check-ins15Shopping and Paying13Feelings11Health and Safety11Everyday Conversation10Requests10Everyday Affection7Food and Dining7Food and Eating Together7Reactions5Relationships and Family5Saying No Politely5At a Gas Station in Mexico3Calls, Texts, and WhatsApp3Home Repairs and Utilities3Rental Car Pickup and Return3Visiting Someone’s Home3Walking Directions3Wants and Needs3Airports and Luggage2Calling Emergency Services2Describing Symptoms at a Clinic2Hotel Check-In and Checkout2Natural Reactions and Replies2Taking a Pet to the Vet2Work and Shifts2ATMs, Cash, and Making Change1Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico1Everyday Actions1Finding a Lost Phone or Wallet1Going to the Dentist1Greetings and Introductions1Mexico City Metro and Bus Transfers1Ordering at a Mexican Fruit Stand1Parking and Paying at a Meter1Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds1Romance1Splitting the Bill and Tipping1

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  1. 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.

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  2. 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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  3. 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.

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  4. I’m just looking.Solo estoy viendo.

    “Solo estoy viendo.” means “I’m just looking.” in Mexican Spanish. Use while browsing in a store, when a salesperson offers help.

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  5. I’m going home.Voy a casa.

    “Voy a casa.” means “I’m going home.” in Mexican Spanish. Tell someone the speaker is heading home.

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  6. It’s not safe.No es seguro.

    “No es seguro.” means “It’s not safe.” in Mexican Spanish. State that an understood action or place is unsafe. For an action or situation, keep seguro. An understood feminine object takes segura.

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  7. I’m fine, thanks.Estoy bien, gracias.

    “Estoy bien, gracias.” means “I’m fine, thanks.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Share personal information.

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  8. Is everything okay?¿Está todo bien?

    “¿Está todo bien?” means “Is everything okay?” in Mexican Spanish. Check that a person or situation is okay.

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  9. 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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  10. What do you mean?¿Qué quieres decir?

    “¿Qué quieres decir?” means “What do you mean?” in Mexican Spanish. Asks someone to clarify their meaning; informal, addressing one person.

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  11. No problem.No hay problema.

    “No hay problema.” means “No problem.” in Mexican Spanish. Reassures someone that something is not a problem.

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  12. There is a problem.Hay un problema.

    “Hay un problema.” means “There is a problem.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Everyday Conversation. Respond / explain.

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  13. Can I call you?¿Te puedo llamar?

    “¿Te puedo llamar?” means “Can I call you?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.

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  14. What day is it?¿Qué día es?

    “¿Qué día es?” means “What day is it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask which day it is.

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  15. 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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  16. Are they here?¿Ellos están aquí?

    “¿Ellos están aquí?” means “Are they here?” in Mexican Spanish. Check the presence of an understood group of people.

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  17. Can they help?¿Ellos pueden ayudar?

    “¿Ellos pueden ayudar?” means “Can they help?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether an understood group can provide assistance.

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  18. Are you at home?¿Estás en casa?

    “¿Estás en casa?” means “Are you at home?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether the listener is currently at home.

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  19. 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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  20. Does it go downtown?¿Va al centro?

    “¿Va al centro?” means “Does it go downtown?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask about the bus, train, or route already being discussed. El centro means downtown or the city center.

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  21. No water is coming out.No sale agua.

    “No sale agua.” means “No water is coming out.” in Mexican Spanish. Use this when you turn on a faucet and nothing comes out.

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  22. Can I park here?¿Puedo estacionarme aquí?

    “¿Puedo estacionarme aquí?” means “Can I park here?” in Mexican Spanish.

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  23. I need an ambulance.Necesito una ambulancia.

    “Necesito una ambulancia.” means “I need an ambulance.” in Mexican Spanish.

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  24. They won’t drink water.No toma agua.

    “No toma agua.” means “They won’t drink water.” in Mexican Spanish.

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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.

Neutral207Familiar (tú)40Formal (usted)2
Conversation role9 branches

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

Answer or explain120Share information99Ask a question63Express feelings or opinions62Make a request17Warn or report a problem8Give instructions4Manage the conversation3Reassure or encourage1
Situations126 branches

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

Not recorded112At a Gas Station in Mexico3Saying No Politely3Visiting Someone’s Home3Calling Emergency Services2Calls, Texts, and WhatsApp2Describing Symptoms at a Clinic2Home Repairs and Utilities2Rental Car Pickup and Return2Taking a Pet to the Vet2Airports and Luggage1Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1Announce the time for a mutually understood action has arrived.1Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.1Appreciate a listener’s patience, for example while the speaker practices Spanish.1Approve an equitable arrangement or outcome.1Approve an improved arrangement or adjustment.1Arrange a visit to the listener’s location.1Ask for accommodation at a hotel.1Ask for feedback on appearance/clothing before an outing.1Ask for the scheduled clock time of an already understood event, rather than current clock time.1Ask preferred serving temperature of an understood drink/item.1Ask someone to judge whether the price is excessive.1Ask where to make payment in a shop/service setting.1Ask whether listener is heading home when coordinating departure.1Ask whether to do the understood action now or later.1Ask whether to sit/act inside or outside.1Ask which day it is.1Ask which of two indicated places to use for the understood action or seating.1Ask who is accompanying the listener.1Ask who owns the indicated item.1ATMs, Cash, and Making Change1Check that a person or situation is okay.1Check that a traveller has their ticket before entry or boarding.1Check the presence of an understood group of people.1Check whether an item can be used safely. Seguro describes the action of using it; use usarla for a feminine object.1Check whether an understood group can provide assistance.1Check whether an understood group is prepared, not state they are ready.1Check whether it is a convenient moment to speak.1Check whether the listener is currently at home.1Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1Communicate a need for an X-ray in a clinical conversation.1Communicate need for taxi transport when seeking a ride.1Compliment someone as funny or enjoyable company. Female listener: Eres muy divertida.1Compliment someone’s intelligence in an appropriate supportive conversation.1Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.1Confirm two options/references are the same thing, not ask if they are.1Confirm whether two things are equivalent.1Conventional opinion introducer.1Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1Defer an action to the next opportunity.1Describe charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.1Describe doing laundry in ordinary household conversation.1Describe gradual progress or small steps with a conventional marker.1Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.1Encourage or appreciate someone’s courage in a supportive conversation.1Encourage or describe gradual progress through a process.1Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.1Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.1Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.1Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.1Explain lack of money.1Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.1Explain that the speaker has to wait.1Explain that the speaker is not employed.1Explain timing is earlier than appropriate.1Explicitly report emergency status so urgency is understood.1Express positive personal appreciation of the listener.1Express that listener deserves better treatment or an outcome in an understood situation.1Finding a Lost Phone or Wallet1Finish an order, list or explanation by saying nothing more is needed.1Give a brief corner landmark answer while navigating.1Give a conventional appreciative or supportive best-person compliment. Female listener: Eres la mejor.1Give encouragement about ongoing progress rather than praise a completed job.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.1Give your age with tener; substitute the number as needed.1Going to the Dentist1Identify that something is intended for the speaker.1Introduce a positive update.1Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1Introduce the first point in a sequence.1Invite a suggestion for solving an understood problem.1Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1Mention having a dog when talking about pets.1Mexico City Metro and Bus Transfers1Name a traffic signal as a navigation landmark in a contextual answer.1Object to an unfair outcome or treatment.1Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.1Offer a gift/item or identify its intended recipient.1Ordering at a Mexican Fruit Stand1Parking and Paying at a Meter1Prepare someone for a disappointing update.1Public transit1Question a proposed delay and suggest acting sooner.1Refer to the previous occasion in a short contextual timing answer.1Report darkness outdoors, e.g.1Report difficulty sleeping, not desire to sleep or a bedtime instruction.1Report having no plans when discussing availability.1Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1Request a doctor or explain needing medical attention.1Request a travel ticket; boleto is common in Mexico.1Request or describe doing things one by one.1Return someone’s thanks; gracias a ti can also credit them for an outcome.1Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds1Say an explanation, view or instruction is unclear.1Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.1Say an understood amount or effort is insufficient.1Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1Say there is no available space for an understood item or task.1Specify that an understood action should happen as soon as possible.1Splitting the Bill and Tipping1State listener cannot drive in an understood current plan.1State needing a vehicle, e.g.1State that an understood action or place is unsafe. For an action or situation, keep seguro. An understood feminine object takes segura.1State that an understood duty belongs to the listener.1State that an understood item or action is not dangerous.1Tell family or a partner that you are at home.1Tell someone the speaker is heading home.1Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1Understated answer about how you are doing.1Walking Directions1Warn that there is a fire.1Work and Shifts1
Gender forms4 branches

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neutral224both13masculine8feminine4
Who or what gender refers to5 branches

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

Not recorded228noun9object5speaker4listener3
Learning collections4 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Not recorded112Core103Expansion34Introductory Set3
Vocabulary families244 branches

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

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Vocabulary familiarity4 branches

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

Everyday120Not recorded112Less common16Specialized1
Reusability3 branches

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

4111579359
Coverage gap value5 branches

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

311146415121756
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

1128264357
Confusion risk4 branches

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

293183358415
Spanish word count1 branches

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

1–3249
Usefulness score4 branches

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

415434754622
Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–202455–104
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

01681–381
Review dates11 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-231042026-10-10462026-11-11332026-10-19212026-10-14132026-10-13122026-10-12102026-10-1642026-10-1832026-10-1722026-10-151
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)249
Source batches16 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23104Not recorded84LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 213I know screenshot12Time adverbs screenshot10LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 18Short everyday phrases screenshot42026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot330 everyday conversational phrases screenshot2Curated multi-source screenshot2Informal me commands screenshot225 conversational statements screenshot128 everyday questions screenshot150 everyday phrases screenshot1Everyday conversation screenshot1Everyday questions screenshot1
Review methods7 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.104Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap85Editorial estimate for Mexican Spanish using phrase length, vocabulary, structure and context.26Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.24Individual editorial review for Mexican Spanish, with difficulty and usefulness estimates.7Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline2Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.1
Source review decisions4 branches

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

Added162Not recorded84Updated equivalent2Retained existing1
Introductory speakers3 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded246Guest2Host1
Vocabulary difficulty factor7 branches

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

0128350248415546311
Grammar difficulty factor7 branches

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

611136910518813792121
Idiom difficulty factor3 branches

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

023341462
Reuse difficulty factor4 branches

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

-2131-469044-65
Unique Vocabulary Families89 branches

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

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New Families Vs Baseline109 branches

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None recorded98Not recorded51boleto3afuera2antes2conozco2cualquier2dame2ella2ellos2justo2mes2noticias2todo2adentro1alguien1amable1anos1asi1caliente1calle1cargo1carro1casi1centro1coche1comio1confuso1consejo1deje1despues1dios1emergencia1empezar1especial1esquina1estamos1gotear1habitacion1hago1hay1hermana1humo1idea1incendio1inteligente1lavo1listos1llamar1lleno1lugar1magna1malas1medico1mereces1molesto1nadie1necesario1noche1nombre1normal1numero1ocupadas1ocupados1opinion1oscuro1paciente1parte1pasada1pasado1peligroso1peor1pero1perro1prefiero1pregunta1premium1primera1problema1proxima1proximo1puede1pueden1quienes1radiografia1raro1responsabilidad1respuesta1retirar1reunion1ropa1saben1sandia1segundo1semaforo1semanas1senal1suficientemente1taxi1temprano1tenemos1termino1toda1todas1todos1trafico1usarlo1valiente1veinticinco1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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1–3100098Not recorded51
Pronunciation Included2 branches

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

No216Not recorded33