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Keeping a Conversation Going45Conversation27Making Plans22Time and Frequency21Clearing Up Misunderstandings12Everyday Statements11Getting Around Mexico11Everyday Conversation10Reactions10Boundaries and Disagreements7Encouragement and Celebration4Health and Getting Help2Home Together2Natural Reactions and Replies2Saying No Politely2Travel and Directions2Disagreeing Politely1Making Plans with Friends1Shopping and Paying1Taking a Taxi in Mexico1Talking About How Often1Visiting Someone’s Home1

Difficulty2 branches

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Beginner81Easy5
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  1. Thank you.Gracias.

    “Gracias.” means “Thank you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. Yes.Sí.

    “Sí.” means “Yes.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

    BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  3. No.No.

    “No.” means “No.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a direct negative answer.

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  4. No, thank you.No, gracias.

    “No, gracias.” means “No, thank you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

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  5. I understand.Entiendo.

    “Entiendo.” means “I understand.” in Mexican Spanish. Signals that you understand an explanation or what someone says.

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  6. You’re right.Tienes razón.

    “Tienes razón.” means “You’re right.” in Mexican Spanish. Informal, addressing one person. Tener razón means to be right.

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  7. You’re welcome.De nada.

    “De nada.” means “You’re welcome.” in Mexican Spanish. A standard response to gracias.

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  8. I don’t know.No sé.

    “No sé.” means “I don’t know.” in Mexican Spanish. No sé and No lo sé are both natural. No lo sé refers to not knowing it / the answer. Same acknowledgement of missing knowledge as existing No sé; record as a contextual variant. No lo sabía means I didn’t know, a different tense.

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  9. I don’t understand.No entiendo.

    “No entiendo.” means “I don’t understand.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

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  10. To the hotel, please.Al hotel, por favor.

    “Al hotel, por favor.” means “To the hotel, please.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a taxi destination when the specific hotel is already known.

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  11. Soon.Pronto.

    “Pronto.” means “Soon.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

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  12. Already.Ya.

    “Ya.” means “Already.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

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  13. Nothing.Nada.

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

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  14. I see.Ya veo.

    “Ya veo.” means “I see.” in Mexican Spanish. Means now I understand / I see what you mean, rather than simply describing eyesight.

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  15. Let me see.Déjame ver.

    “Déjame ver.” means “Let me see.” in Mexican Spanish. Can ask to look at something or signal that you need a moment to check or think.

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  16. 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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  17. Today.Hoy.

    “Hoy.” means “Today.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

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  18. Tomorrow.Mañana.

    “Mañana.” means “Tomorrow.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

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  19. Over there.Allá.

    “Allá.” means “Over there.” in Mexican Spanish. Points to a place away from the speaker. Por allí means around there / that way.

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  20. This one.Este.

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

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  21. No one.Nadie.

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

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  22. Before.Antes.

    “Antes.” means “Before.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer when with before/earlier.

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  23. Nothing much.No mucho.

    “No mucho.” means “Nothing much.” in Mexican Spanish. Means not much; a natural short answer to what’s new. It is not a universal translation of not really.

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  24. I know you.Te conozco.

    “Te conozco.” means “I know you.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

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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.

Neutral78Familiar (tú)3
Situations29 branches

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

Not recorded53Answer a frequency question with almost never.1Answer a who question with no one.1Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1Answer when with before/earlier.1Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1Correct a proposed location or stopping place.1Defer an action to the next opportunity.1Describe gradual progress or small steps with a conventional marker.1Describe or limit a status to the period up to now.1Encourage or describe gradual progress through a process.1Give a direct negative answer.1Give a taxi destination when the specific hotel is already known.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.1Identify the exact desired location visually.1Identify the present occasion in contrast with another time.1Introduce the first point in a sequence.1Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.1Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1Refer to the previous occasion in a short contextual timing answer.1Reply nothing to a question about content, quantity or activity.1Request or describe doing things one by one.1Return someone’s thanks; gracias a ti can also credit them for an outcome.1Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1Select an indicated item.1Specify that an understood action should happen as soon as possible.1
Gender forms2 branches

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

neutral78both3
Who or what gender refers to3 branches

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

Not recorded78noun2object1
Learning collections4 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Not recorded53Core20Expansion8Introductory Set1
Vocabulary families65 branches

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

None recorded20vez5gracias4nada4tarde4antes3conozco3hacer3momento3cualquier2ellos2entiendo2estar2no2razon2tener2todo2ver2ya2adelante1ahora1aqui1ayuda1buena1calle1calor1camino1casi1cuidado1dejar1dia1dios1ellas1estan1favor1frio1hasta1hotel1idea1ir1justo1lugar1menos1mes1mismo1muchas1mucho1nadie1necesitar1necesito1nunca1paso1posible1primera1pronto1proxima1rato1suficiente1tal1temprano1ti1tiempo1ultima1veces1verdad1
Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Not recorded53Everyday24Less common4
Reusability4 branches

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

35251841021
Coverage gap value4 branches

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

1473254722
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

146319216
Confusion risk4 branches

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

13022931349
Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–3764–65
Usefulness score4 branches

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

45431351321
Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–20565–1025
Review dates9 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23282026-10-14172026-10-13162026-10-1092026-10-1652026-10-1222026-10-1922026-10-1712026-10-181
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)81
Source batches12 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2328I know screenshot16Not recorded12Time adverbs screenshot1050 everyday phrases screenshot7LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 222026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot122 everyday expressions screenshot130 everyday conversational phrases screenshot1Curated multi-source screenshot1Short everyday phrases screenshot1Thirty everyday phrases screenshot1
Review methods5 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 overlap48Individual 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.28Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.3Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline1Individual 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.

Added67Not recorded12Retained existing1Updated translation1
Introductory speakers2 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded80Guest1
Length difficulty factor4 branches

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

33163001595
Vocabulary difficulty factor4 branches

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

0592194231
Idiom difficulty factor3 branches

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

068412121
Reuse difficulty factor3 branches

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

042-231-48
Unique Vocabulary Families1 branches

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None recorded81
New Families Vs Baseline16 branches

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None recorded48Not recorded13antes3conozco3cualquier2todo2calle1dejar1dios1ellos1hotel1justo1menos1mes1nadie1primera1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline3 branches

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0481–320Not recorded13
Pronunciation Included1 branches

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No81