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118unique phrases · 6% of collection

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Length difficulty factor: 6 × Difficulty: Easy × Confusion risk: 3 × Difficulty rubric versions: 2 ×

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Topics35 branches

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Requests41Keeping a Conversation Going39Conversation33Everyday Statements28Home Together27Making Plans21Boundaries and Disagreements18Clearing Up Misunderstandings13Getting Around Mexico12Health and Getting Help10Household Chores9Feelings8Feelings and Check-ins8Everyday Affection7Encouragement and Celebration4Relationships and Family4Romance4Calls, Texts, and WhatsApp3Food and Eating Together3Shopping and Paying3Cooking Together2Health and Safety2Apologizing1Disagreeing Politely1Food and Dining1Making Plans with Friends1Missing Someone and Showing Affection1Natural Reactions and Replies1Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds1Saying No Politely1Taking a Taxi in Mexico1Talking About How You Feel1Visiting a Pharmacy1Wants and Needs1Wants, Needs, and Obligations1

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  1. How do you feel?¿Cómo te sientes?

    “¿Cómo te sientes?” means “How do you feel?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask about someone’s current physical or emotional condition.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  2. You are safe.Estás a salvo.

    “Estás a salvo.” means “You are safe.” in Mexican Spanish. Reassure a person that they are out of danger in an appropriate understood situation.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  3. Go home.Ve a casa.

    “Ve a casa.” means “Go home.” in Mexican Spanish. Direct someone to go home, e.g.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  4. My phone battery is low.Tengo poca batería.

    “Tengo poca batería.” means “My phone battery is low.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain limited remaining phone battery.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  5. Do I have to go?¿Tengo que ir?

    “¿Tengo que ir?” means “Do I have to go?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether going/leaving is necessary, rather than ask advice or permission.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  6. Do I have to wait?¿Tengo que esperar?

    “¿Tengo que esperar?” means “Do I have to wait?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether waiting is required, rather than whether waiting would be advisable.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  7. I can’t hear you.No te escucho.

    “No te escucho.” means “I can’t hear you.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a hearing/audio problem during a call.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  8. Will you come back?¿Vas a volver?

    “¿Vas a volver?” means “Will you come back?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether the listener intends to return.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  9. Do you have any allergies?¿Tiene alguna alergia?

    “¿Tiene alguna alergia?” means “Do you have any allergies?” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a formal question asking about allergies.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  10. I feel worse.Me siento peor.

    “Me siento peor.” means “I feel worse.” in Mexican Spanish. Report feeling worse, rather than improvement, during an ordinary or healthcare check-in.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  11. Can I stay?¿Me puedo quedar?

    “¿Me puedo quedar?” means “Can I stay?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask permission to stay, distinct from asking the listener to stay.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  12. I can’t do it.No puedo hacerlo.

    “No puedo hacerlo.” means “I can’t do it.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain inability to do the understood task.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  13. I can’t help you.No puedo ayudarte.

    “No puedo ayudarte.” means “I can’t help you.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain inability to assist the listener, rather than ask for help or reject needed assistance.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  14. See you there.Nos vemos ahí.

    “Nos vemos ahí.” means “See you there.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm a shared plan to meet at the already indicated place.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  15. What are you waiting for?¿Qué estás esperando?

    “¿Qué estás esperando?” means “What are you waiting for?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask which event/object someone is waiting for.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  16. Can I use this?¿Puedo usar esto?

    “¿Puedo usar esto?” means “Can I use this?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask permission to use the indicated item.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  17. Answer the phone.Contesta el teléfono.

    “Contesta el teléfono.” means “Answer the phone.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to answer the ringing phone.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  18. Do you have Wi-Fi?¿Tienes Wi-Fi?

    “¿Tienes Wi-Fi?” means “Do you have Wi-Fi?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether a place offers Wi-Fi.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  19. Do we have to stop?¿Tenemos que parar?

    “¿Tenemos que parar?” means “Do we have to stop?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether the group needs to stop the current action or journey.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  20. Help me sit down.Ayúdame a sentarme.

    “Ayúdame a sentarme.” means “Help me sit down.” in Mexican Spanish. Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  21. Help me get up.Ayúdame a levantarme.

    “Ayúdame a levantarme.” means “Help me get up.” in Mexican Spanish. Request physical help to rise, not tell someone to stand independently.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  22. How old are you?¿Cuántos años tienes?

    “¿Cuántos años tienes?” means “How old are you?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask a person’s age in an appropriate introductory conversation.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  23. Where can I sit?¿Dónde puedo sentarme?

    “¿Dónde puedo sentarme?” means “Where can I sit?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask which location or seat is available for sitting.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
  24. Take this medicine.Tome este medicamento.

    “Tome este medicamento.” means “Take this medicine.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.

    EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
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.

Familiar (tú)70Neutral44Formal (usted)4
Conversation role11 branches

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

Give instructions42Make a request39Answer or explain36Share information35Ask a question34Express feelings or opinions31Greet or say goodbye2Manage the conversation2Invite or give permission1Offer help or make a promise1Reassure or encourage1
Situations115 branches

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

Not recorded4Accept responsibility for an understood task or problem.1Acknowledge making an error, e.g.1Advise taking an umbrella along.1Ask a driver to pull over. This form addresses usted.1Ask a familiar listener not to pressure the speaker to hurry.1Ask a person’s age in an appropriate introductory conversation.1Ask about exchanging a purchase.1Ask about someone’s current physical or emotional condition.1Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1Ask for confidence in the speaker’s ability/support, not factual belief in a statement.1Ask for operating or usage instructions for an understood item.1Ask for pronunciation of an understood word/name.1Ask how listener found an understood item or place.1Ask if a companion has a charger available, for possible borrowing.1Ask listener not to interrupt the speaker in conversation.1Ask permission to stay, distinct from asking the listener to stay.1Ask permission to use the indicated item.1Ask someone not to leave.1Ask someone to answer the ringing phone.1Ask someone to bring the speaker up to date on missed events.1Ask someone to brush their teeth during a household routine.1Ask someone to care for or watch over you.1Ask someone to change the bed sheets as a household task.1Ask someone to do the laundry.1Ask someone to end a phone call.1Ask someone to fold clothing as a household task.1Ask someone to iron clothing.1Ask someone to make the bed as a household task.1Ask someone to set the table before a meal.1Ask someone to spell a word or name.1Ask someone to stop discussing a subject.1Ask someone to sweep the floor.1Ask someone to take out household trash.1Ask someone to tidy or organize a closet.1Ask someone to vacuum the floor.1Ask someone to wash dishes after a meal.1Ask someone to water the plants.1Ask the listener to fulfill an already made promise.1Ask the listener to maintain physical distance in a crowd or personal-space situation.1Ask the listener to turn their body around.1Ask the reason for a past call.1Ask what an understood book, film or subject is about.1Ask what food listener is preparing during a meal conversation.1Ask what food someone is currently eating.1Ask what is being looked at.1Ask whether a place offers Wi-Fi.1Ask whether going/leaving is necessary, rather than ask advice or permission.1Ask whether listener is still working while checking availability.1Ask whether the group needs to stop the current action or journey.1Ask whether the listener trusts the speaker.1Ask whether the speaker and companions need to act urgently.1Ask whether waiting is required, rather than whether waiting would be advisable.1Ask which event/object someone is waiting for.1Ask which location or seat is available for sitting.1Ask which person resides at the indicated home, not who is physically present now.1Check whether a conversation with the understood woman happened.1Check whether a group has already departed.1Check whether a group is departing immediately.1Check whether the listener arrived home, for example in an evening message.1Check whether the listener intends to return.1Clarify that an attributed remark was not said by the speaker.1Commit to going to the understood destination/event.1Confirm a completed call: you called the listener. This answers ¿Me llamaste?1Confirm a shared plan to meet at the already indicated place.1Confirm reaching a deal in an understood negotiation.1Delegate responsibility for an understood task to the listener.1Deny doing an understood action.1Deny that a past incident occurred.1Describe disappointment after an unmet expectation. Female speaker: Me siento decepcionada.1Describe embarrassment. Avergonzado is different from embarazada (pregnant). Female speaker: Me siento avergonzada.1Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1Describe physical or social discomfort; context supplies the cause. Female speaker: Me siento incómoda.1Direct someone to go home, e.g.1Emphasize that a statement is serious.1Encourage someone to sleep/rest.1Explain a hearing/audio problem during a call.1Explain emotional hurt caused by someone’s words or actions.1Explain inability to assist the listener, rather than ask for help or reject needed assistance.1Explain inability to do the understood task.1Explain limited remaining phone battery.1Explain not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1Explain the need to end a visit or conversation.1Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1Firmly refuse something.1Give permission or hospitality to stay.1Make a marriage proposal to an established partner.1Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1Politely ask listener to stop an understood ongoing act.1React to new information by saying the speaker did not previously know it.1Reassure a familiar listener not to be afraid in an understood situation.1Reassure a person that they are out of danger in an appropriate understood situation.1Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1Remind someone not to forget an understood task or item.1Report a large number of people/crowding at an understood place, useful in travel or event planning.1Report feeling worse, rather than improvement, during an ordinary or healthcare check-in.1Report rain ending, distinct from current rainfall.1Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1Request a decrease in device or music volume.1Request mopping a floor as a household task.1Request physical help to rise, not tell someone to stand independently.1Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.1Say the speaker does not have an understood item.1Seek advice on what words to say in an understood interaction.1Seek constructive advice on improving a shared activity or product.1Set a clear boundary against repetition of an understood action.1Share an intuition or hunch.1State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1State lack of personal acquaintance with the listener.1Tell a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1Tell the listener the speaker trusts them.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.1Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1Understand a formal question asking about allergies.1
Gender forms2 branches

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

neutral115masculine3
Who or what gender refers to2 branches

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

Not recorded115speaker3
Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core75Expansion39Not recorded4
Vocabulary families163 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.

Everyday75Less common39Not recorded4
Reusability4 branches

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

56144631021
Coverage gap value4 branches

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

4703452251
Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

36625012
Spanish word count1 branches

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

1–3118
Usefulness score3 branches

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

469532317
Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–307831–4040
Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–375043
Review dates2 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-231142026-10-104
Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)118
Source batches2 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23114Curated multi-source screenshot4
Review methods2 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.114Editorial review of this batch against the 273-phrase baseline4
Source review decisions1 branches

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

Added118
Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded118
Vocabulary difficulty factor7 branches

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

355021219615554281
Grammar difficulty factor11 branches

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

13421721201368107167237256124222151
Idiom difficulty factor5 branches

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

0884208563102
Reuse difficulty factor3 branches

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

-259048-411
Unique Vocabulary Families91 branches

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

None recorded43acuestese1alergia1apresures1apurarnos1aspira1avergonzado1baja1barre1basura1broma1cambia1cambiar1cargador1casarias1cepillate1closet1cometi1confio1contacto1contesta1cree1cuelga1cuida1culpable1cumple1date1decepcionado1deja1dejo1deletrea1dientes1dije1dobla1encargate1encargo1error1fi1fueron1fuerza1gente1hablaste1haz1heriste1incomodo1interrumpas1irme1levantarme1lleva1manten1mantener1medicamento1mejorar1mirando1mucha1ninguna1ordena1orillese1paraguas1parar1perderte1pienso1plancha1plantas1poca1pon1ponme1presentimiento1promesa1pronuncia1quedare1repitas1riega1sabanas1saca1salvo1sentimientos1sonrojar1tema1tome1trapea1trata1trato1usa1usar1vayas1vi1vive1volumen1volver1wi1
New Families Vs Baseline116 branches

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None recorded23piso3ropa3tenemos3lava2manera2quedar2sentarme2acuestese1alergia1alguien1anos1apresures1apurarnos1aspira1avergonzado1baja1barre1basura1broma1cama1cambia1cambiar1cargador1casarias1cepillate1closet1cocinando1cometi1comiendo1confio1contacto1contesta1cree1cuantos1cuelga1cuida1culpable1cumple1date1decepcionado1deja1dejo1deletrea1dientes1dije1dios1dobla1duerme1encargate1encargo1error1escucho1fi1fueron1fuerza1gente1hablaste1hacerlo1haz1heriste1hice1incomodo1interrumpas1irme1levantarme1llame1lleva1llover1manten1mantener1medicamento1mejorar1mirando1mucha1ninguna1ordena1orillese1palabra1paraguas1parar1peor1perderte1pienso1plancha1plantas1platos1poca1pon1ponme1presentimiento1promesa1pronuncia1quedare1repitas1riega1sabanas1sabia1saca1salvo1sentimientos1sonrojar1tema1tome1trabajando1trapea1trata1trato1usa1usar1vayas1vi1vive1volumen1volver1wi1
New Vocabulary Vs Baseline2 branches

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1–395023
Pronunciation Included1 branches

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

No118