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Topics80 branches

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Keeping a Conversation Going326 Conversation263 Getting Around Mexico192 Making Plans189 Requests168 Shopping and Paying158 Home Together142 Health and Getting Help124 Everyday Statements118 Food and Eating Together118 Travel and Directions109 Food and Dining105 Clearing Up Misunderstandings77 Health and Safety62 Encouragement and Celebration53 Everyday Actions52 Reactions50 Boundaries and Disagreements43 Feelings and Check-ins43 Relationships and Family42 Everyday Affection41 Everyday Conversation25 Actions and Encouragement23 Ordering at a Mexican Fruit Stand23 Feelings22 Romance17 Describing Symptoms at a Clinic16 Time and Frequency16 Mexico City Metro and Bus Transfers15 Calls, Texts, and WhatsApp14 Food Allergies and Ingredients14 Rental Car Pickup and Return14 Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds14 Viewing an Apartment and Moving In14 Ordering at a Mexican Taco Stand13 Small Talk and Follow-Up Questions13 Walking Directions13 Asking About Accessible Entrances12 Buying Produce at a Mexican Market12 Getting a Haircut in Mexico12 Going to the Dentist12 Hotel Check-In and Checkout12 School Pickup and Talking to Teachers12 Airports and Luggage11 At a Laundromat or Dry Cleaner11 ATMs, Cash, and Making Change11 Attending a Soccer Match in Mexico11 Cooking Together11 Finding a Lost Phone or Wallet11 Getting a Gym Day Pass11 Household Chores11 Taking a Pet to the Vet11 Visiting a Pharmacy11 Visiting Someone’s Home11 At a Gas Station in Mexico10 At a Mexican Bakery10 Calling Emergency Services10 Home Repairs and Utilities10 Parking and Paying at a Meter10 Receiving a Package10 Splitting the Bill and Tipping10 Work and Shifts10 Appointments and Rescheduling9 Encouraging Someone9 Making Plans with Friends9 Wants and Needs9 Asking Someone Out8 Talking About Family8 Asking for Help Politely6 Taking a Taxi in Mexico6 Apologizing5 Disagreeing Politely5 Saying No Politely5 Talking About How Often5 Buying Intercity Bus Tickets4 Greetings and Introductions4 A Beach Day in Mexico3 Missing Someone and Showing Affection3 Natural Reactions and Replies3 Talking About How You Feel2

Difficulty3 branches

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

Easy131 Beginner36 Moderate1

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Can you come?¿Puedes venir?
“¿Puedes venir?” means “Can you come?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.
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Hands up.Manos arriba.
“Manos arriba.” means “Hands up.” in Mexican Spanish. Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.
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Can we talk?¿Podemos hablar?
“¿Podemos hablar?” means “Can we talk?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversation builder.
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Can I call you?¿Te puedo llamar?
“¿Te puedo llamar?” means “Can I call you?” in Mexican Spanish. Informal tú question for everyday conversation.
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I lost the receipt.Perdí el recibo.
“Perdí el recibo.” means “I lost the receipt.” in Mexican Spanish.
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I need to withdraw cash.Necesito retirar efectivo.
“Necesito retirar efectivo.” means “I need to withdraw cash.” in Mexican Spanish.
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Do you have day passes?¿Tienen pases de día?
“¿Tienen pases de día?” means “Do you have day passes?” in Mexican Spanish.
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Can I pay per visit?¿Puedo pagar por visita?
“¿Puedo pagar por visita?” means “Can I pay per visit?” in Mexican Spanish.
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Can you hear me?¿Me escuchas?
“¿Me escuchas?” means “Can you hear me?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural for calls; ¿Me oyes? is also valid.
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Can you do me a favor?¿Me puedes hacer un favor?
“¿Me puedes hacer un favor?” means “Can you do me a favor?” in Mexican Spanish. Natural conversational order.
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I have the store receipt.Traigo el ticket.
“Traigo el ticket.” means “I have the store receipt.” in Mexican Spanish. At a Mexican shop, ticket often means the printed store receipt.
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Where is the bathroom?¿Dónde está el baño?
“¿Dónde está el baño?” means “Where is the bathroom?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Requests. Ask a question.
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Go home.Ve a casa.
“Ve a casa.” means “Go home.” in Mexican Spanish. Direct someone to go home, e.g.
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Where’s an ATM?¿Dónde hay un cajero?
“¿Dónde hay un cajero?” means “Where’s an ATM?” in Mexican Spanish.
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Two centimeters, please.Dos centímetros, por favor.
“Dos centímetros, por favor.” means “Two centimeters, please.” in Mexican Spanish.
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Can you wait for me here?¿Me puede esperar aquí?
“¿Me puede esperar aquí?” means “Can you wait for me here?” in Mexican Spanish. With a driver you address as usted, use puede. Add un momento for a brief wait.
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Wait here.Espera aquí.
“Espera aquí.” means “Wait here.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.
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Do you charge by the kilo?¿Cobran por kilo?
“¿Cobran por kilo?” means “Do you charge by the kilo?” in Mexican Spanish.
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Is drying included?¿Incluye el secado?
“¿Incluye el secado?” means “Is drying included?” in Mexican Spanish.
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Does it include classes?¿Incluye las clases?
“¿Incluye las clases?” means “Does it include classes?” in Mexican Spanish.
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Don’t touch.No toques.
“No toques.” means “Don’t touch.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone not to touch the indicated object.
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I’m expecting a package.Estoy esperando un paquete.
“Estoy esperando un paquete.” means “I’m expecting a package.” in Mexican Spanish.
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It’s apartment four.Es el departamento cuatro.
“Es el departamento cuatro.” means “It’s apartment four.” in Mexican Spanish.
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Can I sit here?¿Me puedo sentar aquí?
“¿Me puedo sentar aquí?” means “Can I sit here?” in Mexican Spanish. Conversational word order.
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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)88 Neutral67 Formal (usted)13

Conversation role7 branches

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

Make a request80 Give instructions57 Ask a question56 Share information19 Warn or report a problem7 Manage the conversation1 Reassure or encourage1

Situations68 branches

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

Not recorded32 Returns, Exchanges, and Refunds13 Getting a Haircut in Mexico12 At a Laundromat or Dry Cleaner11 ATMs, Cash, and Making Change11 Getting a Gym Day Pass10 Receiving a Package10 Appointments and Rescheduling8 Taking a Taxi in Mexico2 Advise taking an umbrella along.1 Appointments1 Arrival registration at a hotel/event.1 Ask for help locking an understood item.1 Ask for help searching for an understood missing item.1 Ask for physical cooperation carrying the indicated item.1 Ask someone not to argue verbally.1 Ask someone not to leave.1 Ask someone not to touch the indicated object.1 Ask someone to answer the ringing phone.1 Ask someone to brush their teeth during a household routine.1 Ask someone to change the bed sheets as a household task.1 Ask someone to do the laundry.1 Ask someone to end a phone call.1 Ask someone to feed the pets.1 Ask someone to fill an understood bottle.1 Ask someone to fold clothing as a household task.1 Ask someone to grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1 Ask someone to hold their position, e.g.1 Ask someone to imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1 Ask someone to increase the music volume.1 Ask someone to iron clothing.1 Ask someone to keep already shared information private.1 Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1 Ask someone to look up an understood word in a dictionary or reference.1 Ask someone to lower their voice without demanding complete silence.1 Ask someone to make the bed as a household task.1 Ask someone to perform the understood action.1 Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.1 Ask someone to remain in the indicated location.1 Ask someone to set the table before a meal.1 Ask someone to sweep the floor.1 Ask someone to take out household trash.1 Ask someone to tidy or organize a closet.1 Ask someone to vacuum the floor.1 Ask someone to wash dishes after a meal.1 Ask someone to wash their hands in an ordinary hygiene routine.1 Ask someone to water the plants.1 Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1 Ask the listener to lock a door with a key.1 Ask to cover an understood item/container.1 Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1 Asking for Help Politely1 Direct attention to an indicated place or item.1 Direct someone to go home, e.g.1 Direct someone upstairs.1 Direct the listener’s gaze downward toward an understood point.1 Direct the listener’s gaze upward toward an understood point.1 Firm request for honesty.1 Friendly instruction to remain warmly dressed.1 Give an ordinary household bathing instruction.1 Invite the listener to sample/taste an understood food or drink.1 Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1 Politely ask someone not to smoke at the present location.1 Remind someone not to forget an understood task or item.1 Request mopping a floor as a household task.1 Request physical help to rise, not tell someone to stand independently.1 Request physical help to sit, not tell someone to sit independently.1 Understand a hands-up posture instruction in an appropriate safety/game context.1

Gender forms4 branches

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

neutral162 masculine3 both2 feminine1

Who or what gender refers to3 branches

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

Not recorded162 noun4 object2

Learning collections3 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core105 Not recorded32 Expansion31

Vocabulary families250 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.

Everyday108 Not recorded32 Less common28

Coverage gap value5 branches

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

4100 360 25 52 11

Ambiguity risk3 branches

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

1100 253 315

Confusion risk3 branches

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

188 245 335

Spanish word count2 branches

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

1–3100 4–668

Usefulness score3 branches

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

4108 538 322

Difficulty score4 branches

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

21–30113 11–2036 31–4018 41–501

Vocabulary contribution3 branches

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

1–3132 035 4–61

Review dates6 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-11-1177 2026-10-2357 2026-10-1919 2026-10-1011 2026-10-142 2026-11-142

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)168

Source batches5 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

Not recorded90 photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-2357 LinguaDual 2026-10-19 batch 119 Everyday questions screenshot1 Informal me commands screenshot1

Review methods6 branches

How the recorded editorial ratings were assigned. These are assessments rather than measured learning outcomes.

Editorial estimate for Mexican Spanish using phrase length, vocabulary, structure and context.70 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.57 Editorial review; initial difficulty and usefulness estimates.19 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap11 Individual editorial review for Mexican Spanish, with difficulty and usefulness estimates.9 Editorial review of requested command phrases2

Difficulty rubric versions1 branches

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

2168

Source review decisions3 branches

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

Not recorded90 Added77 Updated equivalent1

Introductory speakers1 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded168

Length difficulty factor6 branches