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Keeping a Conversation Going73Conversation66Making Plans36Getting Around Mexico19Everyday Statements17Requests14Clearing Up Misunderstandings8Everyday Conversation8Feelings and Check-ins8Reactions7Boundaries and Disagreements6Home Together6Shopping and Paying6Encouragement and Celebration5Food and Dining5Food and Eating Together5Feelings4Time and Frequency3Travel and Directions3Wants and Needs3Greetings and Introductions2Health and Getting Help2Making Plans with Friends2Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions2Actions and Encouragement1Asking Someone Out1Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico1Everyday Actions1Everyday Affection1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Natural Reactions and Replies1Romance1Saying No Politely1Talking About How You Feel1Walking Directions1Work and Shifts1

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  1. Can you come?¿Puedes venir?

    “¿Puedes venir?” means “Can you come?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. Is it true?¿Es verdad?

    “¿Es verdad?” means “Is it true?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether a statement is true.

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  3. Is that okay?¿Está bien?

    “¿Está bien?” means “Is that okay?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask for approval or acceptability of a proposed action.

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  4. Are you tired?¿Estás cansado?

    “¿Estás cansado?” means “Are you tired?” in Mexican Spanish. Check another person’s fatigue or whether they need rest. Female listener: ¿Estás cansada?

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  5. Are you alone?¿Estás solo?

    “¿Estás solo?” means “Are you alone?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether someone has company or is by themselves. Female listener: ¿Estás sola?

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  6. How much?¿Cuánto?

    “¿Cuánto?” means “How much?” in Mexican Spanish. A short question when the quantity or price is clear from context; ¿Cuánto cuesta? explicitly asks the price.

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  7. When?¿Cuándo?

    “¿Cuándo?” means “When?” in Mexican Spanish. Valid standalone follow-up question.

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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. How are you?¿Cómo estás?

    “¿Cómo estás?” means “How are you?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal, addressing one person.

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  10. Where is it?¿Dónde está?

    “¿Dónde está?” means “Where is it?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  11. Do you speak Spanish?¿Hablas español?

    “¿Hablas español?” means “Do you speak Spanish?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.

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  12. Can we talk?¿Podemos hablar?

    “¿Podemos hablar?” means “Can we talk?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversation builder.

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  13. I can drive.Sé manejar.

    “Sé manejar.” means “I can drive.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm knowing how to drive.

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  14. I’m not home.No estoy en casa.

    “No estoy en casa.” means “I’m not home.” in Mexican Spanish. Report being away from home when asked about location/availability.

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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. Do you speak English?¿Hablas inglés?

    “¿Hablas inglés?” means “Do you speak English?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.

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  19. When are you leaving?¿Cuándo te vas?

    “¿Cuándo te vas?” means “When are you leaving?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.

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  20. When are we meeting?¿Cuándo nos vemos?

    “¿Cuándo nos vemos?” means “When are we meeting?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural social planning; replaces formal future reuniremos.

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  21. I can’t sleep.No puedo dormir.

    “No puedo dormir.” means “I can’t sleep.” in Mexican Spanish. Report difficulty sleeping, not desire to sleep or a bedtime instruction.

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  22. When can I call you?¿Cuándo te puedo llamar?

    “¿Cuándo te puedo llamar?” means “When can I call you?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  23. Which one?¿Cuál?

    “¿Cuál?” means “Which one?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.

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  24. How?¿Cómo?

    “¿Cómo?” means “How?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask how a previously mentioned action/result happens, or request clarification when the method was unclear.

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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.

Neutral86Familiar (tú)45Formal (usted)1
Conversation role6 branches

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

Ask a question91Answer or explain36Express feelings or opinions25Share information25Make a request4Give instructions1
Situations49 branches

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

Not recorded84Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1Answer when with before/earlier.1Approve an equitable arrangement or outcome.1Ask about employment during a social introduction.1Ask about expected difficulty of a task.1Ask for a reason for a preceding claim or decision.1Ask for approval or acceptability of a proposed action.1Ask how a previously mentioned action/result happens, or request clarification when the method was unclear.1Ask someone to judge whether the price is excessive.1Ask what follows in a plan, sequence or activity.1Ask whether an object or vehicle is prepared to leave. Feminine alternative: ¿Está lista para salir?1Ask whether listener is heading home when coordinating departure.1Check another person’s fatigue or whether they need rest. Female listener: ¿Estás cansada?1Check that a person or situation is okay.1Check that a traveller has their ticket before entry or boarding.1Check whether a familiar companion has money available for an understood expense.1Check whether a statement is true.1Check whether anyone is at home before entering/visiting.1Check whether it is a convenient moment to speak.1Check whether someone has company or is by themselves. Female listener: ¿Estás sola?1Confirm knowing how to drive.1Confirm whether two things are equivalent.1Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1Decline going to an understood place or event.1Discuss a proposed action.1Explain current work activity/availability.1Explain needing to call the listener about an understood matter.1Explain that someone is occupying the speaker’s assigned seat. Asiento is masculine: está ocupado.1Explain that the speaker is not employed.1Explain that the speaker is waiting for the expected person/event.1Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1Express desire to see the listener in an appropriate familiar relationship.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.1Greet someone arriving early.1Introduce a thought/update with an attention-getting question.1Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.1Offer another serving or more of the item already understood.1Question a proposed delay and suggest acting sooner.1React to a frightening thing or event.1React to someone’s fortunate present circumstances.1Report being away from home when asked about location/availability.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.1Return someone’s thanks; gracias a ti can also credit them for an outcome.1State needing a vehicle, e.g.1State that the speaker knows how to cook.1
Gender forms4 branches

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neutral110both10masculine10feminine2
Who or what gender refers to5 branches

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Not recorded114listener7object6noun3speaker2
Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Not recorded84Core37Expansion11
Vocabulary families103 branches

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

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Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Not recorded84Everyday46Less common2
Coverage gap value4 branches

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

36913741729
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

179229324
Confusion risk4 branches

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

272331115414
Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–31224–610
Usefulness score3 branches

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

491522319
Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–201275–105
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

01211–311
Review dates6 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23482026-10-19332026-10-10262026-10-12162026-10-1482026-10-151
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)132
Source batches10 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2348Not recorded26LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 117LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 216Everyday questions screenshot13Short everyday phrases screenshot550 everyday phrases screenshot2Informal me commands screenshot2Past-tense questions screenshot228 everyday questions screenshot1
Review methods4 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 overlap50Individual 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.48Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.33Editorial review of requested command phrases1
Source review decisions3 branches

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

Added105Not recorded26Updated equivalent1
Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded132
Length difficulty factor4 branches

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361649012910
Grammar difficulty factor6 branches

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

1091617311136174123
Idiom difficulty factor2 branches

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012349
Reuse difficulty factor4 branches

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

-263-445019-65
Unique Vocabulary Families9 branches

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None recorded121empezar2llamar2nadar2ella1ingles1lejos1puede1pueden1
New Families Vs Baseline21 branches

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None recorded82Not recorded26adonde2alguien2empezar2llamar2nadar2antes1boleto1carro1dame1dejar1dios1ella1fuiste1hay1justo1nadie1puede1pueden1trabajando1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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082Not recorded261–324
Pronunciation Included1 branches

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No132