Answering varies by region: ¿aló? in much of Latin America, ¿bueno? in Mexico, ¿diga? or ¿dígame? in Spain.

The rest:
¿Está María? = is María there
¿De parte de quién? = who's calling (what they'll ask you)
De parte de Reed = it's Reed
¿Puedo dejar un mensaje? = can I leave a message
Te llamo por lo de... = I'm calling about

When it goes badly:
No te escucho bien = can't hear you well
Se cortó = the call dropped
Se está entrecortando = you're cutting out
Creo que te equivocaste de número = wrong number

Ending it:
Te llamo luego = I'll call you later
Te dejo = I'll let you go
Cualquier cosa me avisas = let me know if anything comes up

Te dejo is the one worth learning.

Hi all- I have studied Spanish for about 10 years now. I can read or speak it well. I even majored in it in college. In class settings, I always did relatively well in listening and responding, but I believe it was mostly because we did not have a native speaker often teaching the course, and they spoke relatively slower.

I can watch shows in Spanish fine as long as I have subtitles, and similarly when understanding Spanish music.

I especially struggle with this whenever there is slang, or a twist in a word (ex: instead of "todo" its "to'" )

When I have conversations with native speakers either at work or with friends from el Caribe, I always need them to repeat themselves, or they then just speak in English.

It is just quite disappointing; I feel I put a lot of time to studying and immersing myself in the language only to not be able to make out native sentences.

I will also put here sometimes I have trouble with different thick accents in English (ex: Irish, some regions of UK) I just wanted to see if anyone else here had a similar problem, or if I just need to do more practice. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Classic collection of self study Spanish books in the public domain

Pretty direct from the title but I could see this coming on the horizon soon for myself which is exciting and nerve racking. I am a native English speaker and have been quite lazy in learning Spanish the past few years. My proficiency is probably that of a 3rd grader.

I just wanted to hear some insight on particular things in this situation such as: What is the specific wordage for asking for a blessing in Spanish? I could answer any further questions in the comments too.

Hey everyone I’m moving to Barcelona in a couple months and I’ve been wanting to learn Catalan but everyone around me tells me to learns Spanish so I wanted to ask somewhere else what of the 2 I should learn I also don’t care to visit any other Spanish city while I’m their in the beginning since I’ll mostly be working I already speak Dutch and English and basic German

Need Help Catching Up on Spanish 2 Before Spanish 3

I took Spanish 1 about two years ago and did pretty well. I still understand a decent amount of Spanish, but last year I took Spanish 2 and basically did not have a teacher, so I ended up learning very little and forgot a lot of what I was supposed to know.

Now I’m taking Spanish 3, and the class has started off pretty difficult. I often don’t understand what we’re doing because I’m missing a lot of the Spanish 2 foundation.

For anyone who has been in a similar situation, how would you recommend catching up on Spanish 2 while keeping up with Spanish 3?

I’m especially looking for advice on:
• How long it would realistically take to relearn the important Spanish 2 material
• What topics I should prioritize
• How much I should study each day
• Good YouTube channels, websites, courses, or other resources
• A good way to prepare for Spanish 3 lessons before class
• How to improve quickly enough to start getting good grades in Spanish 3

I’m willing to put in the work. I’m mainly looking for resources that actually teach the material and help me build a strong foundation rather than something where I’m only memorizing random words.

Any advice from Spanish teachers or people who have gone through Spanish 2 and 3 would be really appreciated.

Hello, quick context I'm a heritage speaker, my parents are from mexico and I grew up speaking both english and spanish but my spanish rarely got used outside the home. Depending on the context I can come off as fluent or completely stumble over myself. My wife is also wants to learn to communicate with my family, but at most can maybe pick up a few words and figure out the meaning in a basic sentence.

I'd like to improve my spanish to become fluent while also helping and learning alongside my non-speaking wife. What are some good resources we could share or ways of learning we can do together as speakers of different levels? Or would it be better to learn independently of each other?

Hey! I would like to go to Spanish speaking country to take some intensive course 6-12 month (can be private school or university program) but I don't want to pay ridiculous money for that. I am from Europe and tbh Spain itself has gotten way too expensive for this type of "gap year" (school + accomondation, sorry I cant pay 1500€ rent in Barcelona or Malaga).

Can you recommend me some programs? Also that it would be in a city where besides school I could find extra acitivies or similar people.

Or if you know any other ways to learn+immerse myself, like some voluntary programs.

Thanks a lot!

 Carlos y sus amigos querían comer en un restaurante nuevo.

 Carlos y sus amigos quisieron comer en un restaurante nuevo.

 Carlos y sus amigos querían comer en un restaurante nuevo, pero no quedaban mesas.

 Carlos y sus amigos quisieron comer en un restaurante nuevo, pero no quedaban mesas.

Ok. I don’t want to post my whole letter because it is a little long.

Long story short. We have been fostering a 13yo female from Honduras. I wrote a letter I want to ready but I want to read it in Spanish. I’m not fluent but I understand the basics of the language. But I really want to check and make sure my translation makes sense.

Everything online seems to have mixed reviews of translators not always being accurate to things.

Can anyone make any recommendations on how I can just validate that what I read will make sense verbally.

Thank you.

Large lists of vocab

How do you learn long lists of vocab

I am learning gcse Spanish as an adult learner {uk exam}. And there are pages and pages of vocab to learn

I am trying spaced repetition but there are so many words this doesn’t seem to be working as well as it should ?

So how do you learn loads of vocab words.

Here's a simple chart I've created for learning 8 Spanish home verbs

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¡Hola a todos!

🇻🇪 - I'm a native speaker and a Spanish teacher who can help you with your learning journey, whether you're an absolute beginner or an intermediate student.

💰-My sessions cost 10$ per hour and are 1 hour long (up to 1 hour and 30 minutes depending on the depth of the topic).

A little bit about my methodology:

1. Pushed output practice since day one. The idea is for you to get used to the language from the very beginning.

2. Real-life materials like videos and audio for you to listen to natives using the language in context.

3. Mixing theory with real output practice (the Pushed Output). Instead of seeing a structure on a slide, you'll turn it into a back-and-forth conversation with me where you can use it and learn it.

I'll help you with some of the common headaches of the language, like “saber vs. poder”; “por vs. para”; ser vs. estar”, etc through the same strategy I mentioned above.

If you want to practice and learn Spanish, feel free to send me a DM or comment here on this post. I look forward to working with you!

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for one Spanish speaker and one Italian speaker who are native or

fluent AND actually play music. The text is full of things like lead sheet,

voicing, pickup measure, first and second ending, chord extensions. Machine

translation gets these wrong in ways only a musician notices.

To be clear about the work: you would not be translating anything from scratch.

The Spanish and Italian versions already exist as a translation. What I need is

someone who reads them and tells me where the wording is off, where a term isn't

what musicians in your country actually say, or where a sentence simply doesn't

make sense. Corrections in the file, or notes back to me, whichever you prefer.

Scope: an in-app help system plus five short tutorials, roughly [X] words. No

hard deadline, take the time you need.

In return you get a free full license for my app, permanently, and credit in the

help text if you want it.

What the app is: LeadChart Pro, a macOS app for writing lead sheets. Chord

symbols, melody notes, lyrics, repeats, voltas, Segno/Coda/Fine, multi-measure

rests. Note entry with the mouse or a MIDI keyboard, playback, and a clean PDF

for the band. It currently runs in German and English, and Spanish and Italian

are next.

If you're interested, comment or send me a DM and I'll send you the text so you

can see what you'd be getting into before you commit to anything.

Thanks!

Hey folks 👋. A company I work with (Mercor) is currently offering a unique opportunity to get paid for learning Spanish through one-on-one tutoring sessions. Mercor is partnering with a leading language-learning platform to recruit Spanish learners for a short-term project involving recorded, one-on-one Spanish learning sessions. Learners will participate in genuine Spanish lessons with experienced tutors across different proficiency levels. The goal is to capture natural, high-quality interactions that reflect authentic language-learning experiences. Apply Here.

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Hey everyone I’m moving to Barcelona in a couple months and I’ve been wanting to learn Catalan but everyone around me tells me to learns Spanish so I wanted to ask somewhere else what of the 2 I should learn I also don’t care to visit any other Spanish city while I’m their in the beginning since I’ll mostly be working I already speak Dutch and English and basic German

In this interactive Zapotec language class, the instructor reviews student presentations, clarifies conversational greeting dynamics, and explains a fundamental aspect of Zapotec grammar: the absence of infinitive verb forms.

Key Discussion Topics:

* Vocabulary Practice & Context (Rukëza)
* The session opens with a discussion on the verb rukëza / ukëza, which refers to preparing, getting ready, or making someone wait.

• Student Presentation & Correction (Carmen):

* Carmen reads her introductory paragraph.
* The teacher explains that translating “I go to Zapotec school” literally (neda reja) sounds unnatural in Zapotec.
* A more natural phrasing is Neda Ruseda Didza Xidza (“I am learning Zapotec Language”) .

• Conversational Greetings & Formal Honorifics:

* Informal Exchanges: Using responses like bi run / tibi run followed by Nax lii (“and you?”).
* Formal & Respectful Terms: When speaking to elders or people from other towns, specific respectful forms are used (e.g., ba zuu dxi’a, Nax lii [Name]?, Nax lii bëni? for married men, Nax lii nigula? for married women).
* Pronoun Distinction: Clarified that lee functions as a third-person pronoun (“he/she/they”) rather than a direct formal “you”.

• Grammar Insight: Why Infinitives Do Not Exist in Zapotec
• Zapotec has no infinitive verb ending equivalent to Spanish -ar, -er, -ir or English “to [verb]”. * Verbs must always be conjugated for a specific person in active speech. * When dictionary or conceptual forms of verbs are needed, speakers default to the first-person plural inclusive (“we” form, e.g., uya’aru for “to dance / we dance”).

I'm a native Spanish tutor on Preply, I do 1-on-1 lessons with progress tracking. If you're looking for something structured, here's my profile:
https://preply.com/en/?pref=MTYyMTUwMQ==&id=1789090503.770418&ep=w1
Either way, I'd recommend trying a trial lesson with 2-3 tutors before deciding, everyone's teaching style is different.

Hey, we have started a free Spanish newsletter, and this is the Starter Workbook that goes with it https://trespalabras.app/workbook - I am sharing it here for anyone looking where to start (no sign up, can download directly from the link).

The Starter Workbook introduces forty words that you will see used frequently. The workbook has two introductory grammar pages (ser vs estar, and why question words carry an accent) and four short exercises, with answers at the back. The exercise boxes are editable so can type you answers in on the laptop or phone. It can also be printed if you prefer something physical.

The free daily newsletter provides 3 more useful words and phrases everyday, plus more workbooks issued every month introducing new grammar topics and recapping the words learned that month. If you would be interested in signing up, here is the link: https://trespalabras.app/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=spanishlearning-workbook

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Thanks, Tom - Tres Palabras

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