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Beginner · 2 · 3 · Making Plans

Invitations, availability, schedules, meeting up, staying, leaving and keeping in touch.

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Keeping a Conversation Going128 Everyday Statements57 Reactions56 Making Plans55 Conversation53 Getting Around Mexico31 Encouragement and Celebration28 Clearing Up Misunderstandings23 Food and Eating Together22 Feelings and Check-ins21 Boundaries and Disagreements19 Home Together19 Requests19 Time and Frequency19 Food and Dining17 Shopping and Paying13 Wants and Needs13 Feelings12 Relationships and Family11 Everyday Affection10 Health and Getting Help10 Travel and Directions10 Wants, Needs, and Obligations8 Romance6 Natural Reactions and Replies5 Everyday Conversation4 Talking About Family3 Actions and Encouragement2 Airports and Luggage2 Encouraging Someone2 Everyday Actions2 Health and Safety2 Making Plans with Friends2 Talking About How You Feel2 Walking Directions2 Work and Shifts2 Apologizing1 Asking for Help Politely1 Asking Someone Out1 At a Mexican Bakery1 Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico1 Calling Emergency Services1 Calls, Texts, and WhatsApp1 Cooking Together1 Disagreeing Politely1 Greetings and Introductions1 Missing Someone and Showing Affection1 Ordering at a Mexican Taco Stand1 Saying No Politely1 Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions1 Splitting the Bill and Tipping1 Taking a Taxi in Mexico1 Viewing an Apartment and Moving In1

Difficulty4 branches

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Easy62 Beginner55 Moderate8 Challenging1

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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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Can you come?¿Puedes venir?
“¿Puedes venir?” means “Can you come?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.
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Do you have time?¿Tienes tiempo?
“¿Tienes tiempo?” means “Do you have time?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether someone has time for a conversation or task.
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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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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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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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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.
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Are you at work?¿Estás en el trabajo?
“¿Estás en el trabajo?” means “Are you at work?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether the listener is currently at their workplace, not where they are employed.
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This time.Esta vez.
“Esta vez.” means “This time.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify the present occasion in contrast with another time.
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Before.Antes.
“Antes.” means “Before.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer when with before/earlier.
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I have time.Tengo tiempo.
“Tengo tiempo.” means “I have time.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural statement about availability.
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They can come.Pueden venir.
“Pueden venir.” means “They can come.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm people are able to attend.
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It’s late.Es tarde.
“Es tarde.” means “It’s late.” in Mexican Spanish. Comment that it is late.
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It’s early.Es temprano.
“Es temprano.” means “It’s early.” in Mexican Spanish. Comment that the current time is early.
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I have plans.Tengo planes.
“Tengo planes.” means “I have plans.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that you already have arrangements.
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Someday.Algún día.
“Algún día.” means “Someday.” in Mexican Spanish. Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.
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Not now.Ahora no.
“Ahora no.” means “Not now.” in Mexican Spanish. Can sound abrupt. Ahora no, gracias softens a refusal; ahora no, por favor asks someone to stop or wait.
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I don’t have time.No tengo tiempo.
“No tengo tiempo.” means “I don’t have time.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural statement about lack of availability.
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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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Last time.La última vez.
“La última vez.” means “Last time.” in Mexican Spanish. Refer to the previous occasion in a short contextual timing answer.
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I’m in a hurry.Tengo prisa.
“Tengo prisa.” means “I’m in a hurry.” in Mexican Spanish. Natural everyday Spanish used in Mexico.
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We are busy.Estamos ocupados. / Estamos ocupadas.
“Estamos ocupados. / Estamos ocupadas.” means “We are busy.” in Mexican Spanish. Ocupados for a male or mixed group, ocupadas for an all-female group.
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Is this a good time?¿Es buen momento?
“¿Es buen momento?” means “Is this a good time?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether it is a convenient moment to speak.
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Right away.Enseguida.
“Enseguida.” means “Right away.” in Mexican Spanish. Promise prompt action.
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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.

Neutral43 Familiar (tú)12

Conversation role5 branches

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

Answer or explain33 Share information27 Express feelings or opinions19 Ask a question17 Make a request2

Situations37 branches

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

Not recorded19 Announce the time for a mutually understood action has arrived.1 Answer a day-of-week question.1 Answer when with before/earlier.1 Arrange a visit to the listener’s location.1 Ask for feedback on appearance/clothing before an outing.1 Ask whether a listing, item, or appointment remains available.1 Ask whether an object or vehicle is prepared to leave. Feminine alternative: ¿Está lista para salir?1 Ask why someone is delayed.1 Check whether it is a convenient moment to speak.1 Check whether someone has time for a conversation or task.1 Check whether the listener is currently at their workplace, not where they are employed.1 Comment that it is late.1 Comment that the current time is early.1 Confirm future presence at an understood place/event.1 Confirm people are able to attend.1 Describe gradual progress or small steps with a conventional marker.1 Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.1 Explain needing to call the listener about an understood matter.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.1 Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1 Explain that you already have arrangements.1 Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1 Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.1 Give flexible timing as a short contextual scheduling answer.1 Greet someone arriving early.1 Identify the present occasion in contrast with another time.1 Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1 Promise prompt action.1 Refer to the previous occasion in a short contextual timing answer.1 Report having no plans when discussing availability.1 Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1 Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1 Specify that an understood action should happen as soon as possible.1 Tell someone the speaker is heading home.1 Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1 Warn that the expected start/departure time is near.1

Gender forms3 branches

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

neutral48 masculine5 both2

Who or what gender refers to4 branches

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

Not recorded50 object3 noun1 speaker1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core24 Not recorded19 Expansion12

Vocabulary families63 branches

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

Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday31 Not recorded19 Less common5

Reusability3 branches

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

427 525 33

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

121 319 215

Confusion risk3 branches

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

230 320 15

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–345 4–610

Usefulness score3 branches

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

435 312 58

Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–2048 5–107

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

040 1–315

Review dates7 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2336 2026-10-1914 2026-10-101 2026-10-141 2026-10-161 2026-10-171 2026-10-181

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)55

Source batches8 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2336 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 18 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 26 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot1 22 everyday expressions screenshot1 30 everyday conversational phrases screenshot1 Informal me commands screenshot1 Not recorded1

Review methods4 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.36 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.15 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap3 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.1

Source review decisions3 branches

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

Added53 Not recorded1 Updated equivalent1

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded55

Length difficulty factor5 branches