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  1. I need money.Necesito dinero.

    “Necesito dinero.” means “I need money.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Wants and Needs. Request / express a need.

  2. There is time.Hay tiempo.

    “Hay tiempo.” means “There is time.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Everyday Conversation. Reassure / encourage.

  3. At the same time.Al mismo tiempo.

    “Al mismo tiempo.” means “At the same time.” in Mexican Spanish. Say events/actions happen simultaneously.

  4. What a surprise!¡Qué sorpresa!

    “¡Qué sorpresa!” means “What a surprise!” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Reactions. React / give an opinion.

  5. I know when.Sé cuándo.

    “Sé cuándo.” means “I know when.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

  6. I need my phone.Necesito mi teléfono.

    “Necesito mi teléfono.” means “I need my phone.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Wants and Needs. Request / express a need.

  7. I feel scared.Tengo miedo.

    “Tengo miedo.” means “I feel scared.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Feelings. Share personal information.

  8. I hope not.Espero que no.

    “Espero que no.” means “I hope not.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. React / give an opinion.

  9. You’re wrong.Estás equivocado / equivocada.

    “Estás equivocado / equivocada.” means “You’re wrong.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

  10. At the moment.En este momento.

    “En este momento.” means “At the moment.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Time and Frequency. Respond / explain.

  11. Tea or coffee?¿Té o café?

    “¿Té o café?” means “Tea or coffee?” in Mexican Spanish. Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.

  12. I’m not happy.No estoy feliz.

    “No estoy feliz.” means “I’m not happy.” in Mexican Spanish. Can express an unhappy emotional state or dissatisfaction; estoy descontento/descontenta is more specifically dissatisfied.

  13. He is ready.Él está listo.

    “Él está listo.” means “He is ready.” in Mexican Spanish. Ready for an action; ser listo means being clever, a different meaning.

  14. I have breakfast.Desayuno.

    “Desayuno.” means “I have breakfast.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.

  15. I’m kidding.Estoy bromeando.

    “Estoy bromeando.” means “I’m kidding.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Share personal information.

  16. I know this.Esto lo sé.

    “Esto lo sé.” means “I know this.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

  17. I know enough.Sé lo suficiente.

    “Sé lo suficiente.” means “I know enough.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

  18. I know the truth.Sé la verdad.

    “Sé la verdad.” means “I know the truth.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

  19. I know your name.Sé tu nombre.

    “Sé tu nombre.” means “I know your name.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Respond / explain.

  20. Is there time?¿Hay tiempo?

    “¿Hay tiempo?” means “Is there time?” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Conversation. Ask a question.

  21. I have friends.Tengo amigos.

    “Tengo amigos.” means “I have friends.” in Mexican Spanish. Share social background. Feminine alternative: Tengo amigas.

  22. That’s boring.Es aburrido.

    “Es aburrido.” means “That’s boring.” in Mexican Spanish. Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.

  23. I’m going alone.Voy solo.

    “Voy solo.” means “I’m going alone.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.

  24. For the first time.Por primera vez.

    “Por primera vez.” means “For the first time.” in Mexican Spanish. Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.

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Not recorded133Acknowledge/reassure that the speaker will not worry about the understood matter.1Address a close romantic partner affectionately.1Affirm a serious romantic match in an established relationship.1Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1Alert someone to an unidentified person’s presence here.1Announce having a gift for the listener before handing it over.1Answer a day-of-week question.1Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1Answer how often/how many occasions with many times.1Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.1Ask a close person for a hug.1Ask about a possible health risk.1Ask about playing football as a hobby in casual introductions.1Ask about someone’s availability during a past period. Female listener: ¿Estabas ocupada?1Ask about the book/text someone is currently reading.1Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1Ask for affection in an appropriate established relationship.1Ask for confidence in the speaker’s ability/support, not factual belief in a statement.1Ask for hand-holding, for affection or walking together.1Ask for the method of repairing an understood object/problem.1Ask how a known food/dish is prepared.1Ask someone not to argue verbally.1Ask someone to finish a beverage.1Ask someone to follow the rules of a game/test.1Ask someone to grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1Ask someone to imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1Ask someone to iron clothing.1Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1Ask someone to tidy or organize a closet.1Ask the date/time of a previously mentioned past event.1Ask the listener to consider the understood suggestion.1Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1Ask to accompany someone who is leaving.1Ask to cover an understood item/container.1Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1Ask what a woman mentioned earlier purchased.1Ask when an understood activity or job started in the past.1Ask when an understood task finished in the past.1Ask when information or a result will become known.1Ask where someone studied in an ordinary personal-history conversation.1Ask whether a hotel exists nearby during travel.1Ask whether contacting an understood male person by phone is advisable.1Ask whether driving happened in a past situation, not whether someone knows how to drive.1Ask whether staying at the indicated place is required.1Ask whether to sit/act inside or outside.1Ask whether weather is windy before an outing.1Ask which person an already-understood man asked in a past conversation.1Ask which person arrived at an earlier event.1Ask which season applies in an understood location, for example comparing hemispheres.1Ask who received a previously discussed piece of information.1Ask why a person stopped an understood movement or activity.1Ask why an understood business/place is closed.1Celos means interpersonal jealousy; envidia means envy.1Check whether a conversation with the understood woman happened.1Check whether an understood man has replied to a message/question.1Check whether anyone is at home before entering/visiting.1Comment conventionally that time seems to pass quickly.1Comment on an irritating situation, not insult the listener.1Commit to avoiding an argument in an understood conversation.1Communicate a need for an X-ray in a clinical conversation.1Compliment someone’s intelligence in an appropriate supportive conversation.1Confirm whether a meeting will happen.1Confirm whether another person intends to stay.1Congratulate the listener on winning an understood game/contest.1Conocerte means meeting or getting to know someone for the first time.1Conventional relief expression with religious wording.1Describe a household chore as a habit/activity.1Describe a messy room in ordinary household conversation.1Describe an understood situation as temporary, a phase.1Describe an unexpected sudden event.1Describe doing laundry in ordinary household conversation.1Describe exercising as a habitual activity.1Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1Describe figurative emotional heartbreak to a familiar person.1Describe fitness after inactivity or during activity planning.1Describe getting out of bed as a routine, rather than command someone to stand.1Describe going to bed as a routine, rather than telling another person to sleep.1Describe having breakfast as an ordinary routine/activity.1Describe making the bed as a household chore.1Describe progress learning English.1Describe showering in a household routine.1Describe someone else’s work ethic.1Describe waking as a daily routine.1Direct someone across a bridge on an understood route.1Direct the listener’s gaze downward toward an understood point.1Direct the listener’s gaze upward toward an understood point.1Discuss another person’s Spanish-learning process or resources.1Encourage or appreciate someone’s courage in a supportive conversation.1Evaluate an activity as boring. Feminine alternative: Es aburrida.1Explain a future decision not to drive.1Explain a future decision not to work in the understood period, e.g.1Explain a need to sleep and end an activity or conversation.1Explain a past illness/absence. Female speaker: Estaba enferma.1Explain an obligation to study.1Explain arriving late in an understood past situation.1Explain current activity while on foot.1Explain current cooking activity/availability.1Explain handling a task oneself without another person’s assistance.1Explain holding an item aside for the listener’s use, e.g.1Explain needing to call the listener about an understood matter.1Explain not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1Explain past unavailability due to being busy. Female speaker: Estaba ocupada.1Explain the activity being done now.1Explain travelling without companions. Female speaker: Voy sola.1Explain what the speaker was doing during an understood past period.1Express a wish of peace for someone deceased.1Express affection for your family.1Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1Express an optional shared blessing/wish.1Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1Express personal admiration or respect in an appropriate context.1Express that a listener inspires or motivates the speaker, in an appropriate personal appreciation context.1Express that listener deserves better treatment or an outcome in an understood situation.1Firm request for honesty.1Friendly instruction to remain warmly dressed.1Gently ask why the listener is upset/annoyed, not simply sad.1Give an ordinary household bathing instruction.1Give flexible timing as a short contextual scheduling answer.1Give the ordinary physical street location in reply to a location question.1Give your age with tener; substitute the number as needed.1Greet someone arriving early.1Identify the current season as spring in a geographic/calendar conversation.1Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1Introduce a sibling as a family-conversation example.1Invite shared enjoyment of an activity.1Invite shared prayer when appropriate in the relationship/cultural setting.1Locate an item/person beside the speaker.1Make a pleasant-day weather comment during everyday small talk. Día is masculine: un día hermoso.1Mark a new rule/arrangement applying from this moment onward.1Mark that an understood experience/action is happening for the first occasion.1Mention having a dog when talking about pets.1Name a traffic signal as a navigation landmark in a contextual answer.1Offer a choice between tea and coffee during hospitality/ordering.1Offer an appropriate direct compliment about a partner/friend’s smile.1Offer ongoing personal support, e.g.1Offer to cook for the listener as a household or relationship arrangement.1Often an ironic reaction to bad luck; tone establishes the meaning. Suerte is feminine regardless of the speaker.1Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1Promise to remember an understood task/item.1Propose staying at home together instead of an outing.1Reassure about an understood game context with It’s just a game.1Reassure someone about an uncertain future outcome.1Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1Report increasing outdoor warmth.1Report rain ending, distinct from current rainfall.1Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1Report snow currently falling.1Report that the answer is unknown to everyone involved, not only the speaker.1Report that the relevant place is empty of people.1Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1Request or describe doing things one by one.1Request painting an understood wall during household maintenance.1Respectfully report that a previously identified person died.1Say an understood event will happen sooner or later.1Say events/actions happen simultaneously.1Say speaker and companions are together in the same group/place.1Schoolwork or a conversation with family about homework.1Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.1Share a personal hardship disclosure with a familiar person.1Share an intuition or hunch.1Share being in love in an appropriate personal conversation. Female speaker: Estoy enamorada.1Share social background. Feminine alternative: Tengo amigas.1Share that a vacation is approaching, without supplying a real destination/date.1Share that today is the speaker’s birthday.1Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.1State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1State a firm boundary that an understood decision is settled.1State an example occupation in response to What do you do. Female speaker: Soy profesora.1State that an understood duty belongs to the listener.1State that an understood item or action is not dangerous.1Suggest focusing a conversation on its main point.1Suggest going out for air.1Tell a familiar listener they help the speaker feel calm.1Tell a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1Tell a listener they help the speaker feel better.1Tell the current time. For other hours, use Son las dos, Son las tres, and so on.1The place is across the street. Keep the street as the reference point.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to breathe deeply.1Understand a clinician’s formal request to lie down.1Understand a clinician/dentist’s formal instruction to open the mouth.1Understand hospitality where the business/host covers the cost.1
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