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Poquito’s learning difficulty bands reflect length, vocabulary, grammar and idiom. These are editorial estimates, not CEFR levels.

Easy67 Beginner60 Moderate8

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I have to study.Tengo que estudiar.
“Tengo que estudiar.” means “I have to study.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain an obligation to study.
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I have to sleep.Tengo que dormir.
“Tengo que dormir.” means “I have to sleep.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a need to sleep and end an activity or conversation.
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I am cooking.Estoy cocinando.
“Estoy cocinando.” means “I am cooking.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain current cooking activity/availability.
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I do the dishes.Lavo los platos.
“Lavo los platos.” means “I do the dishes.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.
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I do it myself.Lo hago yo mismo.
“Lo hago yo mismo.” means “I do it myself.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain handling a task oneself without another person’s assistance.
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Something happened.Algo pasó.
“Algo pasó.” means “Something happened.” in Mexican Spanish. Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.
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I make the bed.Hago la cama.
“Hago la cama.” means “I make the bed.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe making the bed as a household chore.
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From now on.De ahora en adelante.
“De ahora en adelante.” means “From now on.” in Mexican Spanish. Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.
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There’s a way.Hay una manera.
“Hay una manera.” means “There’s a way.” in Mexican Spanish. Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.
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Face to face.Cara a cara.
“Cara a cara.” means “Face to face.” in Mexican Spanish. Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.
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I am walking.Estoy caminando.
“Estoy caminando.” means “I am walking.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain current activity while on foot.
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It’s snowing.Está nevando.
“Está nevando.” means “It’s snowing.” in Mexican Spanish. Report snow currently falling.
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It’s next to me.Está a mi lado.
“Está a mi lado.” means “It’s next to me.” in Mexican Spanish. Locate an item/person beside the speaker.
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Nobody is here.No hay nadie aquí.
“No hay nadie aquí.” means “Nobody is here.” in Mexican Spanish. Report that the relevant place is empty of people.
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I have a gift for you.Tengo un regalo para ti.
“Tengo un regalo para ti.” means “I have a gift for you.” in Mexican Spanish. Announce having a gift for the listener before handing it over.
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I want to meet you.Quiero conocerte.
“Quiero conocerte.” means “I want to meet you.” in Mexican Spanish. Conocerte means meeting or getting to know someone for the first time.
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You’re my type.Eres mi tipo.
“Eres mi tipo.” means “You’re my type.” in Mexican Spanish. Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.
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Everything will be fine.Todo estará bien.
“Todo estará bien.” means “Everything will be fine.” in Mexican Spanish. Reassure someone about an uncertain future outcome.
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I was busy.Estaba ocupado.
“Estaba ocupado.” means “I was busy.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.
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I will not wait.No esperaré.
“No esperaré.” means “I will not wait.” in Mexican Spanish. Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.
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I won’t work.No voy a trabajar.
“No voy a trabajar.” means “I won’t work.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a future decision not to work in the understood period, e.g.
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I won’t drive.No voy a manejar.
“No voy a manejar.” means “I won’t drive.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a future decision not to drive.
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My room is messy.Mi cuarto está desordenado.
“Mi cuarto está desordenado.” means “My room is messy.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe a messy room in ordinary household conversation.
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I wake up.Me despierto.
“Me despierto.” means “I wake up.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe waking as a daily routine.
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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.

Neutral53 Familiar (tú)14

Situations62 branches

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

Not recorded6 Acknowledge/reassure that the speaker will not worry about the understood matter.1 Affirm a serious romantic match in an established relationship.1 Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1 Announce having a gift for the listener before handing it over.1 Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1 Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.1 Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1 Commit to avoiding an argument in an understood conversation.1 Congratulate the listener on winning an understood game/contest.1 Conocerte means meeting or getting to know someone for the first time.1 Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1 Describe a messy room in ordinary household conversation.1 Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1 Describe fitness after inactivity or during activity planning.1 Describe getting out of bed as a routine, rather than command someone to stand.1 Describe going to bed as a routine, rather than telling another person to sleep.1 Describe making the bed as a household chore.1 Describe progress learning English.1 Describe showering in a household routine.1 Describe waking as a daily routine.1 Explain a future decision not to drive.1 Explain a future decision not to work in the understood period, e.g.1 Explain a need to sleep and end an activity or conversation.1 Explain a past illness/absence. Female speaker: Estaba enferma.1 Explain an obligation to study.1 Explain arriving late in an understood past situation.1 Explain current activity while on foot.1 Explain current cooking activity/availability.1 Explain handling a task oneself without another person’s assistance.1 Explain holding an item aside for the listener’s use, e.g.1 Explain not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1 Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.1 Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1 Express affection for your family.1 Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1 Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1 Express that a listener inspires or motivates the speaker, in an appropriate personal appreciation context.1 Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1 Invite shared enjoyment of an activity.1 Locate an item/person beside the speaker.1 Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.1 Offer ongoing personal support, e.g.1 Often an ironic reaction to bad luck; tone establishes the meaning. Suerte is feminine regardless of the speaker.1 Reassure someone about an uncertain future outcome.1 Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1 Report increasing outdoor warmth.1 Report rain ending, distinct from current rainfall.1 Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1 Report snow currently falling.1 Report that the relevant place is empty of people.1 Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1 Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.1 Share an intuition or hunch.1 Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.1 State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1 State a firm boundary that an understood decision is settled.1 Tell a familiar listener they help the speaker feel calm.1 Tell a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1 Tell a listener they help the speaker feel better.1 The place is across the street. Keep the street as the reference point.1 Understand hospitality where the business/host covers the cost.1

Gender forms3 branches

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neutral61 masculine4 feminine2

Who or what gender refers to3 branches

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

Not recorded63 noun2 speaker2

Learning collections2 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion61 Not recorded6

Vocabulary families104 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.

Everyday33 Less common28 Not recorded6

Reusability3 branches

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

455 37 55

Coverage gap value3 branches

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

365 11 21

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

336 226 15

Confusion risk2 branches

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

336 231

Spanish word count3 branches

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

1–342 4–623 7–102

Usefulness score1 branches

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

367

Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–3050 31–4017

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–338 029

Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2361 2026-10-162 2026-10-192 2026-10-101 2026-10-121

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)67

Source batches5 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2361 25 conversational statements screenshot2 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 22 Curated multi-source screenshot1 Everyday conversation screenshot1

Review methods5 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.61 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.2 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.2 Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline1 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap1

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded67

Length difficulty factor7 branches