EXPLORE MEXICAN SPANISH

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Difficulty3 branches

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

Easy170 Beginner127 Moderate10

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Can you fix it?¿Puedes arreglarlo?
“¿Puedes arreglarlo?” means “Can you fix it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to repair a contextually understood item/problem.
EasyEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
Turn it on.Enciéndelo.
“Enciéndelo.” means “Turn it on.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to turn on an understood device.
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Turn it off.Apágalo.
“Apágalo.” means “Turn it off.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to turn off an understood device.
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Do I have to go?¿Tengo que ir?
“¿Tengo que ir?” means “Do I have to go?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether going/leaving is necessary, rather than ask advice or permission.
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Do I have to wait?¿Tengo que esperar?
“¿Tengo que esperar?” means “Do I have to wait?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether waiting is required, rather than whether waiting would be advisable.
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I can’t hear you.No te escucho.
“No te escucho.” means “I can’t hear you.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a hearing/audio problem during a call.
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It’s on me.Yo invito.
“Yo invito.” means “It’s on me.” in Mexican Spanish. Offer to pay for a companion/group’s purchase or meal.
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I’ll let you know.Te aviso.
“Te aviso.” means “I’ll let you know.” in Mexican Spanish. Promise to notify the listener about a result/update.
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Will you come back?¿Vas a volver?
“¿Vas a volver?” means “Will you come back?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether the listener intends to return.
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See you there.Nos vemos ahí.
“Nos vemos ahí.” means “See you there.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm a shared plan to meet at the already indicated place.
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What are you waiting for?¿Qué estás esperando?
“¿Qué estás esperando?” means “What are you waiting for?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask which event/object someone is waiting for.
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Hold it.Sujétalo.
“Sujétalo.” means “Hold it.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.
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Are there any seats available?¿Hay asientos disponibles?
“¿Hay asientos disponibles?” means “Are there any seats available?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether seats are available in a waiting/travel/venue setting.
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Have they arrived?¿Ya llegaron?
“¿Ya llegaron?” means “Have they arrived?” in Mexican Spanish. Check whether expected people have already arrived.
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Get out quickly.Sal rápido.
“Sal rápido.” means “Get out quickly.” in Mexican Spanish. Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.
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Should I go?¿Debería ir?
“¿Debería ir?” means “Should I go?” in Mexican Spanish. Seek advice about whether to go or leave.
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Do we have to stop?¿Tenemos que parar?
“¿Tenemos que parar?” means “Do we have to stop?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask whether the group needs to stop the current action or journey.
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Where can I wait?¿Dónde puedo esperar?
“¿Dónde puedo esperar?” means “Where can I wait?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask staff/host where it is appropriate to wait.
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Get your things.Toma tus cosas.
“Toma tus cosas.” means “Get your things.” in Mexican Spanish. Ask someone to gather/take their belongings before leaving.
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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.
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I did it.Lo hice.
“Lo hice.” means “I did it.” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm having completed the understood action.
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How do you close it?¿Cómo se cierra?
“¿Cómo se cierra?” means “How do you close it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask how a device/container/door is closed.
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Get ready.Prepárate.
“Prepárate.” means “Get ready.” in Mexican Spanish. Tell someone to prepare for the understood next activity.
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How do you open it?¿Cómo se abre?
“¿Cómo se abre?” means “How do you open it?” in Mexican Spanish. Ask how a device/container/door is opened.
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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)99 Neutral70 Formal (usted)1

Conversation role8 branches

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

Ask a question59 Answer or explain58 Express feelings or opinions52 Share information52 Give instructions49 Make a request41 Offer help or make a promise3 Reassure or encourage3

Situations164 branches

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

Not recorded7 Accept responsibility for an understood task or problem.1 Alert someone that an incident/event occurred, followed by details when asked.1 Allow an understood person or thing to leave. This selects literal release.1 Allow the listener to retain an object as their own.1 Answer a question about having gone to the already understood place/event.1 Appropriate informal expression of attraction, when welcome in the relationship.1 Arrival registration at a hotel/event.1 Ask a familiar listener not to pressure the speaker to hurry.1 Ask a familiar person whether they are in love, in an appropriate personal conversation. Female listener: ¿Estás enamorada?1 Ask a romantic partner whether they love the speaker.1 Ask a trusted person or partner to remain with the speaker.1 Ask about another person’s general tastes, rather than placing an order.1 Ask about exchanging a purchase.1 Ask about playing football as a hobby in casual introductions.1 Ask about someone’s availability during a past period. Female listener: ¿Estabas ocupada?1 Ask another person to attempt the understood task.1 Ask for a personal promise or assurance from a familiar listener.1 Ask for confidence in the speaker’s ability/support, not factual belief in a statement.1 Ask for operating or usage instructions for an understood item.1 Ask for the method of repairing an understood object/problem.1 Ask how a device/container/door is closed.1 Ask how a device/container/door is opened.1 Ask how listener found an understood item or place.1 Ask if a proposed action would be helpful.1 Ask listener not to interrupt the speaker in conversation.1 Ask listener to share use or a portion of an understood item.1 Ask personal acquaintance with an already identified man.1 Ask someone to bring the speaker up to date on missed events.1 Ask someone to cancel an understood booking or event.1 Ask someone to care for or watch over you.1 Ask someone to explain the method for an understood task.1 Ask someone to gather/take their belongings before leaving.1 Ask someone to grip securely for their own stability, e.g.1 Ask someone to imitate a demonstrated approach, not to physically follow the speaker.1 Ask someone to keep an understood task, explanation or design uncomplicated.1 Ask someone to leave the current physical arrangement unchanged.1 Ask someone to move backward immediately.1 Ask someone to perform the understood action.1 Ask someone to physically hold/grip an understood item, not wait.1 Ask someone to pick up an understood object.1 Ask someone to prepare an understood item or event.1 Ask someone to put an understood object away for storage.1 Ask someone to repair a contextually understood item/problem.1 Ask someone to solve an understood problem.1 Ask someone to stop discussing a subject.1 Ask someone to take an understood object to another indicated place away from the speaker.1 Ask someone to turn off an understood device.1 Ask someone to turn on an understood device.1 Ask staff/host where it is appropriate to wait.1 Ask the listener to follow the speaker’s advice.1 Ask the listener to fulfill an already made promise.1 Ask the listener to maintain physical distance in a crowd or personal-space situation.1 Ask the listener to relay an already understood message to an identified man.1 Ask the listener to turn their body around.1 Ask the purchase location of an item previously mentioned.1 Ask the reason behind another person’s question.1 Ask the reason for a past call.1 Ask to cover an understood item/container.1 Ask to wrap an understood item, e.g.1 Ask what a woman mentioned earlier purchased.1 Ask what an understood book, film or subject is about.1 Ask what food listener is preparing during a meal conversation.1 Ask what initial step to take in an understood process.1 Ask what is being looked at.1 Ask what sound or speech the listener hears.1 Ask what the listener can see from their viewpoint.1 Ask when an understood activity or job started in the past.1 Ask when an understood task finished in the past.1 Ask whether a proposed action bothers the listener. Reply explicitly: No, no me molesta.1 Ask whether an understood issue matters to the listener; this is about importance.1 Ask whether contacting an understood male person by phone is advisable.1 Ask whether going/leaving is necessary, rather than ask advice or permission.1 Ask whether listener eats meat before planning or serving a meal.1 Ask whether listener is still working while checking availability.1 Ask whether listener will cover an understood bill/expense when coordinating payment.1 Ask whether seats are available in a waiting/travel/venue setting.1 Ask whether the group needs to stop the current action or journey.1 Ask whether the listener believes the speaker’s factual statement.1 Ask whether the listener trusts the speaker.1 Ask whether the speaker and companions need to act urgently.1 Ask whether waiting is required, rather than whether waiting would be advisable.1 Ask which event/object someone is waiting for.1 Ask why a person stopped an understood movement or activity.1 Check whether a conversation with the understood woman happened.1 Check whether a group has already departed.1 Check whether a group is departing immediately.1 Check whether an understood man has replied to a message/question.1 Check whether expected people have already arrived.1 Check whether the listener intends to return.1 Clarify that an attributed remark was not said by the speaker.1 Clarify that the speaker did not make a call in the understood past period.1 Commit to going to the understood destination/event.1 Confirm a completed call: you called the listener. This answers ¿Me llamaste?1 Confirm a shared plan to meet at the already indicated place.1 Confirm having completed the understood action.1 Confirm reaching a deal in an understood negotiation.1 Conocerte means meeting or getting to know someone for the first time.1 Conventional self-correction marker followed by the corrected wording.1 Delegate responsibility for an understood task to the listener.1 Deny doing an understood action.1 Deny that a past incident occurred.1 Describe checking email as part of a routine.1 Describe disappointment after an unmet expectation. Female speaker: Me siento decepcionada.1 Describe embarrassment. Avergonzado is different from embarazada (pregnant). Female speaker: Me siento avergonzada.1 Describe feeling guilt or remorse.1 Describe physical or social discomfort; context supplies the cause. Female speaker: Me siento incómoda.1 Direct attention to an indicated place or item.1 Direct someone to ask the already identified man for information.1 Emphasize that a statement is serious.1 Explain a hearing/audio problem during a call.1 Explain emotional hurt caused by someone’s words or actions.1 Explain not having seen/noticed the listener in a past situation.1 Express affectionate thoughts of the listener with appropriate familiarity.1 Express concern about losing a valued relationship.1 Express liking/attraction toward the listener with appropriate familiarity.1 Express that a listener inspires or motivates the speaker, in an appropriate personal appreciation context.1 Firmly refuse something.1 Give an urgent instruction to leave a place quickly.1 Give precaution as a reason for doing/taking something extra.1 Introduce a dream from sleep, not an ambition or a general noun label.1 Invite the listener to sample/taste an understood food or drink.1 Leave an understood object alone or as it is. For a feminine object, déjala.1 Make a marriage proposal to an established partner.1 Offer an opportunity to have a beverage.1 Offer to pay for a companion/group’s purchase or meal.1 Optional prayer asking for strength in a difficult situation.1 Politely ask listener to stop an understood ongoing act.1 Promise to notify the listener about a result/update.1 React to new information by saying the speaker did not previously know it.1 Reassure a familiar listener not to be afraid in an understood situation.1 Reassure that some method/solution exists for the understood problem.1 Report a large number of people/crowding at an understood place, useful in travel or event planning.1 Report not asking an understood person or question.1 Report not having eaten during an understood past period.1 Report not sleeping during an understood night or period.1 Report receiving a call from an unidentified person, e.g.1 Report that the speaker has already had the midday meal, for example when offered lunch.1 Request a decrease in device or music volume.1 Request mopping a floor as a household task.1 Request painting an understood wall during household maintenance.1 Request sending an already understood file/item/message.1 Request that the listener handle cooking for an understood meal.1 Respectfully report that a previously identified person died.1 Say an event/situation has ended, not merely that a work task is finished.1 Say the speaker does not have an understood item.1 Seek a shared decision about whether to wait.1 Seek advice about whether to go or leave.1 Seek advice on what words to say in an understood interaction.1 Seek constructive advice on improving a shared activity or product.1 Set a boundary that the speaker will not wait.1 Set a clear boundary against repetition of an understood action.1 Share an intuition or hunch.1 Specify speaking or meeting face to face rather than remotely.1 State a decision not to stay at the understood place/event.1 State an intention to drive in a travel plan.1 State an intention to travel when discussing future plans.1 State that listener lied to the speaker in a serious conversation.1 Tell a familiar listener that they matter to the speaker.1 Tell a familiar listener the speaker relies on them to follow through.1 Tell a familiar listener they help the speaker feel calm.1 Tell a familiar romantic listener they make the speaker blush.1 Tell someone to prepare for the understood next activity.1 Understand a clinician’s instruction about a previously identified medicine.1

Gender forms2 branches

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

neutral165 masculine5

Who or what gender refers to3 branches

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

Not recorded165 speaker3 listener2

Learning collections4 branches

The fixed introductory collection and editorial Core or Expansion placements.

Core82 Expansion81 Not recorded7 Introductory Set1

Vocabulary families205 branches

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

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Vocabulary familiarity4 branches

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

Everyday113 Less common49 Not recorded7 Specialized1

Reusability4 branches

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

5104 450 310 26

Coverage gap value4 branches

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

391 473 13 23

Confusion risk4 branches

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

3129 234 16 41

Usefulness score3 branches

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

4101 341 528

Difficulty score2 branches

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

21–30124 31–4046

Vocabulary contribution2 branches

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

1–3109 061

Review dates3 branches

When the recorded editorial review was performed.

2026-10-23163 2026-10-105 2026-10-122

Editorial quality1 branches

Recorded review status and quality classification.

Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)170

Source batches3 branches

Editorial import batches where source information is recorded.

photo-batches-01-15-2026-10-23163 Not recorded5 Everyday conversation screenshot2

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.163 Editorial rules: templates, topic/role density, context dependence, and same-topic word-family overlap7

Source review decisions2 branches

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

Added165 Not recorded5

Introductory speakers2 branches

The speaker roles recorded for the fixed introductory dialogue.

Not recorded169 Host1

Length difficulty factor3 branches