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Coverage gap value: 3 × Conversation role: Answer or explain × Difficulty: Beginner × Reusability: 4 ×

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Beginner76 Easy72 Moderate7 Challenging3

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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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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 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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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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They aren’t here.Ellos no están aquí. / Ellas no están aquí.
“Ellos no están aquí. / Ellas no están aquí.” means “They aren’t here.” in Mexican Spanish. Choose ellos for a male or mixed group, ellas for an all-female group.
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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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Good idea!¡Buena idea!
“¡Buena idea!” means “Good idea!” in Mexican Spanish. Positive response to a suggestion.
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Any questions?¿Alguna pregunta?
“¿Alguna pregunta?” means “Any questions?” in Mexican Spanish. Invite questions after explaining something.
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That’s cheap.Está barato.
“Está barato.” means “That’s cheap.” in Mexican Spanish. Comment on a low price.
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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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I’m not tired.No estoy cansado. / No estoy cansada.
“No estoy cansado. / No estoy cansada.” means “I’m not tired.” in Mexican Spanish. Choose by speaker gender.
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I don’t have plans.No tengo planes.
“No tengo planes.” means “I don’t have plans.” in Mexican Spanish. Report having no plans when discussing availability.
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We have guests.Tenemos invitados.
“Tenemos invitados.” means “We have guests.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.
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I want it.Lo quiero. / La quiero.
“Lo quiero. / La quiero.” means “I want it.” in Mexican Spanish. Lo/la agree with the thing wanted; select one alternative.
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You are lucky.Tienes suerte.
“Tienes suerte.” means “You are lucky.” in Mexican Spanish. React to someone’s fortunate present circumstances.
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You’re doing great.Vas muy bien.
“Vas muy bien.” means “You’re doing great.” in Mexican Spanish. Give encouragement about ongoing progress rather than praise a completed job.
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That’s worse.Eso está peor.
“Eso está peor.” means “That’s worse.” in Mexican Spanish. Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.
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That’s normal.Eso es normal.
“Eso es normal.” means “That’s normal.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.
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At the corner.En la esquina.
“En la esquina.” means “At the corner.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a brief corner landmark answer while navigating.
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I want to see you.Quiero verte.
“Quiero verte.” means “I want to see you.” in Mexican Spanish. Express desire to see the listener in an appropriate familiar relationship.
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You’re very funny.Eres muy divertido.
“Eres muy divertido.” means “You’re very funny.” in Mexican Spanish. Compliment someone as funny or enjoyable company. Female listener: Eres muy divertida.
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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.

Neutral64 Familiar (tú)12

Situations56 branches

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

Not recorded21 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.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 Celos means interpersonal jealousy; envidia means envy.1 Comment on a low price.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Compliment someone as funny or enjoyable company. Female listener: Eres muy divertida.1 Compliment someone’s intelligence in an appropriate supportive conversation.1 Conventional relief expression with religious wording.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 having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.1 Describe something as usual/expected in its everyday context.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 needing to call the listener about an understood matter.1 Explain that guests are visiting, for household scheduling or hospitality.1 Explain that the speaker does not have a car, for example while arranging transport.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.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 personal admiration or respect in an appropriate context.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 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 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 the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1 Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1 Name a traffic signal as a navigation landmark in a contextual answer.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 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 wet clothing after rain or laundry.1 Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.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 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

Gender forms4 branches

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neutral60 masculine8 both6 feminine2

Who or what gender refers to5 branches

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Not recorded64 object6 speaker3 listener2 noun1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion37 Not recorded21 Core18

Vocabulary families100 branches

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Vocabulary familiarity3 branches

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

Everyday41 Not recorded21 Less common14

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

228 328 120

Confusion risk3 branches

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

244 327 15

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–366 4–610

Usefulness score3 branches

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

441 333 52

Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–2074 5–102

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

046 1–330

Review dates4 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2355 2026-10-1915 2026-10-185 2026-10-161

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)76

Source batches4 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2355 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 215 2026-10-18 everyday phrases screenshot5 25 conversational statements screenshot1

Review methods3 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.55 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.20 Individual editorial assessment using the existing v2 factor schema.1

Difficulty rubric versions1 branches

The version of the editorial difficulty rubric used for a phrase.

276

Source review decisions1 branches

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

Added76

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded76

Length difficulty factor4 branches