EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

Formal (usted)

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13unique phrases · 1% of collection

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2 9 2

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Usefulness

5 3 5

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Topics9 branches

Find phrases for everyday situations and conversations. A phrase can belong to several topics.

Health and Getting Help7 Food and Dining4 Requests4 Health and Safety3 Conversation2 Food and Eating Together2 Getting Around Mexico2 Keeping a Conversation Going1 Shopping and Paying1

Difficulty3 branches

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

Easy9 Beginner2 Moderate2

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Do you have pain?¿Tiene dolor?
“¿Tiene dolor?” means “Do you have pain?” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a formal yes/no question about pain.
BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
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 →
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 →
Please pull over.Oríllese, por favor.
“Oríllese, por favor.” means “Please pull over.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask a driver to pull over. This form addresses usted.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
Where does it hurt?¿Dónde le duele?
“¿Dónde le duele?” means “Where does it hurt?” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a formal question asking where pain is located.
ModerateEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
Can I have water?¿Me da agua?
“¿Me da agua?” means “Can I have water?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Food and Dining. Ask a question.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
What do you recommend?¿Qué recomienda?
“¿Qué recomienda?” means “What do you recommend?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Food and Dining. Ask a question.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Can I have a fork?¿Me trae un tenedor?
“¿Me trae un tenedor?” means “Can I have a fork?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask a server for a fork using formal usted wording.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Do you have a reservation?¿Tiene una reservación?
“¿Tiene una reservación?” means “Do you have a reservation?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
Can I have a receipt?¿Me da un recibo?
“¿Me da un recibo?” means “Can I have a receipt?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Requests. Ask a question.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
Take a deep breath.Respire hondo.
“Respire hondo.” means “Take a deep breath.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
Please lie down.Acuéstese, por favor.
“Acuéstese, por favor.” means “Please lie down.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.
EasyNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →
Open your mouth.Abra la boca.
“Abra la boca.” means “Open your mouth.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a clinician/dentist’s formal instruction to open the mouth.
ModerateNormalEnglish first →Spanish first →

Technical Specs

Conversation role3 branches

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

Ask a question8 Give instructions5 Make a request5

Situations10 branches

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

Not recorded4 Ask a driver to pull over. This form addresses usted.1 Ask a server for a fork using formal usted wording.1 Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.1 Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.1 Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1 Understand a clinician/dentist’s formal instruction to open the mouth.1 Understand a formal question asking about allergies.1 Understand a formal question asking where pain is located.1 Understand a formal yes/no question about pain.1

Gender forms3 branches

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

neutral11 feminine1 masculine1

Who or what gender refers to2 branches

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

Not recorded11 noun2

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Expansion8 Not recorded4 Core1

Vocabulary families21 branches

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

tener3 da2 favor2 abra1 acuestese1 agua1 alergia1 alguna1 boca1 dolor1 duele1 hondo1 medicamento1 orillese1 recibo1 recomienda1 reservacion1 respire1 tenedor1 tome1 trae1

Vocabulary familiarity2 branches

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

Less common9 Not recorded4

Reusability3 branches

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

55 34 44

Coverage gap value4 branches

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

46 35 11 21

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

27 14 32

Confusion risk3 branches

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

39 13 21

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–311 4–62

Usefulness score3 branches

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

35 55 43

Difficulty score4 branches

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

21–305 31–404 11–202 41–502

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–39 04

Review dates2 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-239 2026-10-104

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)13

Source batches2 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-239 Not recorded4

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.9 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap4

Difficulty rubric versions1 branches

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

213

Source review decisions2 branches

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

Added9 Not recorded4

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded13

Idiom difficulty factor3 branches