EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

Yes · 2 · Beginner · Added · Keeping a Conversation Going

Greetings, introductions, follow-up questions, opinions, reasons and conversational replies.

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105unique phrases · 6% of collection

Difficulty

105

Beginner

Usefulness

14 65 26

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Situation specificity: Yes × Difficulty rubric versions: 2 × Difficulty: Beginner × Source review decisions: Added × Topics: Keeping a Conversation Going ×

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Topics44 branches

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

Keeping a Conversation Going105 Everyday Statements61 Reactions53 Getting Around Mexico48 Making Plans43 Conversation39 Home Together26 Time and Frequency21 Encouragement and Celebration17 Health and Getting Help17 Feelings and Check-ins16 Food and Eating Together16 Travel and Directions16 Clearing Up Misunderstandings14 Requests12 Shopping and Paying12 Boundaries and Disagreements11 Everyday Affection11 Relationships and Family11 Food and Dining10 Health and Safety9 Romance8 Feelings7 Wants and Needs4 Everyday Actions3 Taking a Taxi in Mexico3 Talking About Family3 Airports and Luggage2 Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico2 Walking Directions2 Asking Someone Out1 Buying Intercity Bus Tickets1 Cooking Together1 Describing Symptoms at a Clinic1 Disagreeing Politely1 Hotel Check-In and Checkout1 Missing Someone and Showing Affection1 Receiving a Package1 Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions1 Talking About How Often1 Talking About How You Feel1 Viewing an Apartment and Moving In1 Visiting a Pharmacy1 Wants, Needs, and Obligations1

Difficulty3 branches

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

Easy139 Beginner105 Moderate11

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It’s cold.Está frío.
“Está frío.” means “It’s cold.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe a physical item, food or drink as cold.
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Welcome!¡Bienvenido!
“¡Bienvenido!” means “Welcome!” in Mexican Spanish. Greet arriving guests. Female listener: ¡Bienvenida!
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I want more.Quiero más.
“Quiero más.” means “I want more.” in Mexican Spanish. Request/desire more of an understood item/serving.
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It’s hot.Está caliente.
“Está caliente.” means “It’s hot.” in Mexican Spanish. Warn that a physical item, food or drink is hot.
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Are you alone?¿Estás solo?
“¿Estás solo?” means “Are you alone?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether someone has company or is by themselves. Female listener: ¿Estás sola?
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I can go.Puedo ir.
“Puedo ir.” means “I can go.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm availability/ability to go to an understood destination.
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Bless you!¡Salud!
“¡Salud!” means “Bless you!” in Mexican Spanish. Respond politely when someone sneezes.
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I’m almost ready.Ya casi estoy listo.
“Ya casi estoy listo.” means “I’m almost ready.” in Mexican Spanish. Report being close to ready during preparation. Female speaker: Ya casi estoy lista.
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This is my seat.Este es mi asiento.
“Este es mi asiento.” means “This is my seat.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify the speaker’s assigned seat, e.g.
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This is my phone number.Este es mi número.
“Este es mi número.” means “This is my phone number.” in Mexican Spanish. Share a phone number.
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This is my address.Esta es mi dirección.
“Esta es mi dirección.” means “This is my address.” in Mexican Spanish. Share an address with a driver/contact.
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Who are you with?¿Con quién estás?
“¿Con quién estás?” means “Who are you with?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask who is accompanying the listener.
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Are you at work?¿Estás en el trabajo?
“¿Estás en el trabajo?” means “Are you at work?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether the listener is currently at their workplace, not where they are employed.
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There’s nothing here.No hay nada aquí.
“No hay nada aquí.” means “There’s nothing here.” in Mexican Spanish. Report no objects/content at the indicated place.
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Nothing.Nada.
“Nada.” means “Nothing.” in Mexican Spanish. Reply nothing to a question about content, quantity or activity.
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This one.Este.
“Este.” means “This one.” in Mexican Spanish. Select an indicated item.
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No one.Nadie.
“Nadie.” means “No one.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a who question with no one.
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I have a job.Tengo trabajo.
“Tengo trabajo.” means “I have a job.” in Mexican Spanish. Discuss your employment status.
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It’s me.Soy yo.
“Soy yo.” means “It’s me.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify oneself, e.g.
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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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Probably.Probablemente.
“Probablemente.” means “Probably.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a likelihood question with probably.
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Quite a bit.Bastante.
“Bastante.” means “Quite a bit.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer a quantity/degree question with a substantial amount.
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Last night.Anoche.
“Anoche.” means “Last night.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer when something happened with last night.
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Oops!¡Ups!
“¡Ups!” means “Oops!” in Mexican Spanish. React to a small accidental mistake with a conventional interjection.
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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.

Neutral87 Familiar (tú)18

Conversation role7 branches

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

Answer or explain80 Share information73 Express feelings or opinions56 Ask a question17 Give instructions2 Greet or say goodbye2 Make a request2

Situations98 branches

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

Not recorded8 Acknowledge physical possession of an understood item.1 Agree that the same statement/feeling applies to the speaker too.1 Agree with a negative statement by saying it also applies to the speaker.1 Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1 Answer a day-of-week question.1 Answer a frequency question with almost never.1 Answer a likelihood question with probably.1 Answer a quantity/degree question with a substantial amount.1 Answer a who question with no one.1 Answer an understood possessions or supplies inquiry with having nothing.1 Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1 Answer when something happened with last night.1 Approve an improved arrangement or adjustment.1 Ask about employment during a social introduction.1 Ask for a description of an understood place, person or experience.1 Ask for feedback on appearance/clothing before an outing.1 Ask marital status in an appropriate personal conversation. Female listener: ¿Estás casada?1 Ask preferred serving temperature of an understood drink/item.1 Ask what someone recalls about an understood event.1 Ask whether someone has children during an appropriate personal conversation.1 Ask whether someone works at the indicated place, for example identifying an employee who may help.1 Ask who is accompanying the listener.1 Ask who owns the indicated item.1 Check whether someone has company or is by themselves. Female listener: ¿Estás sola?1 Check whether the listener is currently at their workplace, not where they are employed.1 Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1 Confirm availability/ability to go to an understood destination.1 Confirm that listener resides at the indicated location.1 Conventional opinion introducer.1 Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1 Correct or refine a previous assumption with the actual situation.1 Describe a physical item, food or drink as cold.1 Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1 Describe an unexpected sudden event.1 Describe current relationship status. Female speaker: Estoy soltera.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 Direct the listener’s gaze upward toward an understood point.1 Discuss your employment status.1 Encourage or describe gradual progress through a process.1 Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1 Evaluate deterioration of a situation/item, not one’s health status.1 Explain an understood action is only a test or demonstration rather than a live result.1 Explain current work activity/availability.1 Explain that the speaker has to wait.1 Explain that the speaker is not employed.1 Explain that the speaker is waiting for the expected person/event.1 Explain that there is no alternative to an understood action.1 Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1 Express desire to see the listener in an appropriate familiar relationship.1 Give an indefinite future time in reply to a timing question.1 Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.1 Give your age with tener; substitute the number as needed.1 Greet arriving guests. Female listener: ¡Bienvenida!1 Identify oneself, e.g.1 Identify ownership of an understood object. Feminine alternative: Es mía.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 speaker’s assigned seat, e.g.1 Introduce a contrast with what was just said.1 Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1 Introduce the first point in a sequence.1 Invite a suggestion for solving an understood problem.1 Label an assertion as a guess rather than known fact.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 Offer another serving or more of the item already understood.1 React to a frightening thing or event.1 React to a small accidental mistake with a conventional interjection.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 Reply nothing to a question about content, quantity or activity.1 Report being close to ready during preparation. Female speaker: Ya casi estoy lista.1 Report no objects/content at the indicated place.1 Report that an understood situation is unusual.1 Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1 Request a smaller serving or amount of an understood item.1 Request or describe doing things one by one.1 Request/desire more of an understood item/serving.1 Respond politely when someone sneezes.1 Return someone’s thanks; gracias a ti can also credit them for an outcome.1 Say an understood action or item is unnecessary.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 Schoolwork or a conversation with family about homework.1 Select an indicated item.1 Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1 Share a phone number.1 Share an address with a driver/contact.1 Share family information.1 Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1 Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1 Tell the listener the object belongs to them. Feminine alternative: Es tuya.1 Warn that a physical item, food or drink is hot.1

Gender forms3 branches

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

neutral93 masculine10 feminine2

Who or what gender refers to5 branches

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

Not recorded95 listener3 object3 speaker3 noun1

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core69 Expansion28 Not recorded8

Vocabulary families106 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.

Everyday84 Less common13 Not recorded8

Reusability3 branches

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

554 442 39

Coverage gap value3 branches

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

357 443 15

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

356 235 114

Confusion risk3 branches

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

364 235 16

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–389 4–616

Usefulness score4 branches

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

465 325 514 21

Difficulty score2 branches

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

11–2099 5–106

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

068 1–337

Review dates4 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-2397 2026-10-133 2026-10-193 2026-10-122

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)105

Source batches4 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2397 I know screenshot3 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 23 Everyday questions screenshot2

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.97 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap5 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.3

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded105

Length difficulty factor4 branches