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

Beginner149 Easy116 Moderate16 Challenging3

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No.No.
“No.” means “No.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a direct negative answer.
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I have a car.Tengo carro.
“Tengo carro.” means “I have a car.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a vehicle-ownership question in personal/travel conversation.
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I am outside.Estoy afuera.
“Estoy afuera.” means “I am outside.” in Mexican Spanish. Report being outside when arranging an arrival or pickup.
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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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I am inside.Estoy adentro.
“Estoy adentro.” means “I am inside.” in Mexican Spanish. Report being inside a building or place.
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I have a ticket.Tengo un boleto.
“Tengo un boleto.” means “I have a ticket.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.
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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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Because of traffic.Por el tráfico.
“Por el tráfico.” means “Because of traffic.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.
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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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I have a question.Tengo una pregunta.
“Tengo una pregunta.” means “I have a question.” in Mexican Spanish. Useful for starting a question or asking for clarification.
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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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I am alone.Estoy solo.
“Estoy solo.” means “I am alone.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that no other person is present. Female speaker: Estoy sola.
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It’s difficult.Está difícil.
“Está difícil.” means “It’s difficult.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that the current task/situation is difficult.
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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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It’s too much.Es demasiado.
“Es demasiado.” means “It’s too much.” in Mexican Spanish. Say an amount or demand is excessive.
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Right here.Justo aquí.
“Justo aquí.” means “Right here.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify the exact desired location visually.
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Not here.No aquí.
“No aquí.” means “Not here.” in Mexican Spanish. Correct a proposed location or stopping place.
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I don’t need help.No necesito ayuda.
“No necesito ayuda.” means “I don’t need help.” in Mexican Spanish. Useful clear refusal; add gracias for a softer response.
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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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We have food.Tenemos comida.
“Tenemos comida.” means “We have food.” in Mexican Spanish. Report that the group has food available, for hospitality or coordinating supplies.
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Good choice.Buena elección.
“Buena elección.” means “Good choice.” in Mexican Spanish. Approve an understood selection with Good choice.
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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.

Neutral133 Familiar (tú)16

Situations123 branches

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

Not recorded27 Address a close romantic partner affectionately.1 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1 Announce the time for a mutually understood action has arrived.1 Answer a day-of-week question.1 Answer a vehicle-ownership question in personal/travel conversation.1 Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.1 Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1 Answer when with before/earlier.1 Appreciate a listener’s patience, for example while the speaker practices Spanish.1 Approve an improved arrangement or adjustment.1 Approve an understood selection with Good choice.1 Celos means interpersonal jealousy; envidia means envy.1 Comment on a low price.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Comment that it is late.1 Comment that the current time is early.1 Communicate a need for an X-ray in a clinical conversation.1 Compliment someone as funny or enjoyable company. Female listener: Eres muy divertida.1 Compliment someone’s intelligence in an appropriate supportive conversation.1 Confirm having a ticket for transport/admission.1 Confirm that someone has stated something exactly right.1 Confirm two options/references are the same thing, not ask if they are.1 Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1 Correct a proposed location or stopping place.1 Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1 Describe an unexpected sudden event.1 Describe charging a phone as an ordinary practical task.1 Describe current slow performance of the phone itself, distinct from internet speed.1 Describe doing laundry in ordinary household conversation.1 Describe exercising as a habitual activity.1 Describe gradual progress or small steps with a conventional marker.1 Describe having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.1 Describe or limit a status to the period up to now.1 Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.1 Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.1 Disapprove of understood behavior.1 Encourage or appreciate someone’s courage in a supportive conversation.1 Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1 Evaluate an explanation or situation as confusing.1 Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.1 Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.1 Explain a scheduled meeting when discussing plans or availability.1 Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1 Explain lack of money.1 Explain needing to call the listener about an understood matter.1 Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.1 Explain that no other person is present. Female speaker: Estoy sola.1 Explain that the current task/situation is difficult.1 Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.1 Explain that the speaker has to wait.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.1 Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1 Explain that two understood items/situations differ.1 Explain the activity being done now.1 Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1 Express desire to learn the understood subject/language.1 Express desire to see the listener in an appropriate familiar relationship.1 Express needing the listener’s presence or assistance.1 Express personal admiration or respect in an appropriate context.1 Express positive personal appreciation of the listener.1 Express that listener deserves better treatment or an outcome in an understood situation.1 Give a brief corner landmark answer while navigating.1 Give a conventional appreciative or supportive best-person compliment. Female listener: Eres la mejor.1 Give a direct negative answer.1 Give a taxi destination when the specific hotel is already known.1 Give a tentative answer to a suggestion or yes/no question.1 Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.1 Give encouragement about ongoing progress rather than praise a completed job.1 Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.1 Give flexible timing as a short contextual scheduling answer.1 Give the ordinary physical street location in reply to a location question.1 Greet someone arriving early.1 Identify that something is intended for the speaker.1 Identify the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1 Identify the exact desired location visually.1 Identify the present occasion in contrast with another time.1 Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1 Introduce the first point in a sequence.1 Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1 Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.1 Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1 Mention having a dog when talking about pets.1 Name a traffic signal as a navigation landmark in a contextual answer.1 Object to an unfair outcome or treatment.1 Offer a gift/item or identify its intended recipient.1 Offer an appropriate direct appearance compliment. Masculine alternative: Eres hermoso.1 Promise prompt action.1 React to a frightening thing or event.1 React to an unexpected coincidental encounter or shared circumstance.1 React to someone’s fortunate present circumstances.1 Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1 Refer to the previous occasion in a short contextual timing answer.1 Report being inside a building or place.1 Report being outside when arranging an arrival or pickup.1 Report having no plans when discussing availability.1 Report that an understood situation is unusual.1 Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1 Report that the group has food available, for hospitality or coordinating supplies.1 Report that understood plural items such as shoes are dirty.1 Report wet clothing after rain or laundry.1 Request or describe doing things one by one.1 Say an amount or demand is excessive.1 Say an explanation, view or instruction is unclear.1 Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.1 Say an understood amount or effort is insufficient.1 Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1 Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1 Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.1 Say there is no available space for an understood item or task.1 Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1 Share being in love in an appropriate personal conversation. Female speaker: Estoy enamorada.1 Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1 Specify that an understood action should happen as soon as possible.1 State an example occupation in response to What do you do. Female speaker: Soy profesora.1 State listener cannot drive in an understood current plan.1 State needing a vehicle, e.g.1 State that an understood duty belongs to the listener.1 State that an understood item or action is not dangerous.1 State that the speaker knows how to cook.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 forms4 branches

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neutral127 masculine11 both7 feminine4

Who or what gender refers to5 branches

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Not recorded131 object6 speaker5 noun4 listener3

Learning collections4 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core63 Expansion59 Not recorded27 Introductory Set1

Vocabulary families166 branches

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

ser36 estar18 tener13 no9 necesito5 sola5 None recorded4 antes3 estamos3 ir3 mejor3 temprano3 tenemos3 tengo3 tiempo3 vez3 amable2 bien2 buena2 carro2 cualquier2 dia2 dificil2 ella2 eso2 estoy2 hago2 hora2 justo2 listo2 mismo2 nada2 normal2 ocupadas2 ocupados2 pregunta2 querer2 quiero2 ropa2 tarde2 telefono2 ya2 aburrido1 adentro1 admiro1 afuera1 ahora1 algo1 alguien1 algun1 alguna1 aprender1 aqui1 asi1 ayuda1 barato1 boleto1 cafe1 calle1 cansada1 cansado1 cargo1 carino1 casa1 casi1 celos1 claro1 coche1 cocinar1 coincidencia1 comida1 confuso1 correcto1 cumpleanos1 da1 delicioso1 demasiado1 desayuno1 desde1 diferente1 dinero1 dios1 divertido1 dulce1 ejercicio1 eleccion1 ellas1 ellos1 enamorado1 enseguida1 entonces1 espacio1 especial1 esperar1 esquina1 estan1 estudiando1 etapa1 exacto1 favor1 feliz1 gracias1 hasta1 hermana1 hermosa1 hermoso1 hotel1 idea1 inteligente1 invitados1 juego1 juntos1 lavo1 leche1 lento1 llamar1 llegaste1 lugar1 lunes1 mal1 manejar1 menos1 mereces1 miedo1 mojada1 molesto1 momento1 muchas1 nadar1 nadie1 necesario1 opcion1 otra1 paciente1 peligroso1 peor1 perro1 pica1 planes1 poder1 posible1 primavera1 primera1 profesor1 prueba1 quizas1 radiografia1 repente1 responsabilidad1 reunion1 saber1 semaforo1 sentir1 sucios1 suerte1 suficiente1 taza1 ti1 trabajar1 trafico1 ultima1 valiente1 vaso1 veces1 ver1 vida1

Vocabulary familiarity4 branches

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

Everyday96 Not recorded27 Less common25 Specialized1

Reusability4 branches

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

476 550 322 21

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

368 254 127

Confusion risk3 branches

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

278 358 113

Spanish word count2 branches

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1–3131 4–618

Usefulness score3 branches

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

489 350 510

Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–20138 5–1011

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

093 1–356

Review dates5 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23122 2026-10-1915 2026-10-105 2026-10-185 2026-10-162

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)149

Source batches6 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23122 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 215 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot5 Not recorded5 22 everyday expressions screenshot1 25 conversational statements screenshot1

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.122 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.20 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap5 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.2

Difficulty rubric versions1 branches

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2149

Source review decisions2 branches

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

Added144 Not recorded5

Introductory speakers2 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded148 Guest1

Length difficulty factor5 branches