Learn Mexican Spanish for your trip
Learn the Spanish people speak in Mexico: coffee and pan dulce, colectivos, markets and a family comida, with notes on the states you are likely to visit.
- 75 modules
- 20 missions
- 2,287 phrases to search, hear and save
- 10 games
Try it free for 14 days.
Going to Spain? Spanish has its own full course: 75 modules and 20 missions.
Learn SpanishFirst Steps comes first, then cafés and restaurants, getting around by bus, metro and colectivo, and shopping at a market. The missions include a farmacia visit and being a guest at a Mexican wedding.
Real situations, one at a time.
20 missions, each in three stages: Get by, Go further and Like a local. A mission counts as achieved when you know the key language, understand it spoken, say it aloud and handle the conversation.
Missions
Coffee and pan dulce
From your first ¿Me da un americano?
Eat out in Mexico
From a fonda's comida corrida to the last round at a late-night taquería: you can order a full meal, shape it to your needs, understand the staff at normal speed and settle the bill, politely and in Spanish.
Stay at a hotel
Check in, get what you need during your stay and sort out problems, understanding what reception tells you, in Spanish.
Get around by bus, metro and colectivo
Take the right camión, colectivo, metro or long-distance bus, catch what the announcements say and find your way on foot, in Spanish.
Shop at a Mexican market
From your first ¿a cómo está el kilo?
Get help at a farmacia
You can get something for common holiday problems, describe symptoms and allergies, understand how to take what you're given, and recognise when you're being sent to the consultorio, to urgencias, or told to call 911.
Meet people and make friends
From your first mucho gusto at a language exchange to a Sunday carne asada in Monterrey: you can introduce yourself, hold your own at a party and keep up with a lively group, in Spanish, and in a way that makes people want to see you again.
Small talk with strangers
From ¡Qué calor!
And 12 more, from dinner at a friend's home to seeing a doctor.
The Mexican Spanish you learn, in order.
Every course starts with First Steps, the survival language for your first hour. The tracks after it add to what you can do.
- 1First StepsHola, por favor, gracias, and how to get what you need in Mexico.
- 2How Spanish worksUnderstand the system behind the phrases
- 3Cafés, Bars & RestaurantsFrom a cafecito and a concha to the last round of tacos
- 4Social & Making FriendsFrom mucho gusto to ¿nos vemos el sábado?
- 5DatingWarm, curious and respectful, from ¿se te antoja un café? to la pasé muy bien
- 6Photography & Creative WorkIntroduce your work, direct a shoot and deliver like a pro, in Mexican Spanish
- 7Work & BusinessFrom ¿A qué se dedica? to ¿Platicamos la próxima semana? meetings, content and proposals in Mexico
- 8ShoppingFind it, try it on, pay for it, and take it back if you need to.
- 9Hotels & Getting AroundCheck in, catch the right bus, ride the metro, and stay calm when plans change.
- 10Markets, Shops & HelpMercados and tianguis, the shop counter, the farmacia, and the day something goes wrong.
- 11Life & OccasionsBirthdays, weddings, posadas, Día de Muertos, and a seat at a Mexican family's table.
- 12Street SpanishWhat people really say, and how to use it safely
- 13Me, My Family & HomeTalk about the people, the place and the days of your life
- 14Telling It as It HappenedTalk about yesterday, last year and the trip you took
- 15Plans, Opinions & ChoicesMake plans, give your view and choose between things
- 16Telling StoriesSay what went wrong, what was going on and what had already happened, then tell the whole thing.
- 75
- modules, each in short lessons
- 1,174
- words and expressions
- 220
- sentence patterns
- 2,287
- phrases in the phrasebook
Mexican Spanish you can use on day one.
These are from the first lessons. In the app each has audio, a note on when to use it, and a way to save it.
¡Hola, buenos días!
Hello, good morning!
¿Cuánto es?
How much is it?
¿Habla inglés?
Do you speak English?
¿Me lo puede repetir?
Could you say that again for me?
La cuenta, por favor.
The bill, please.
Quisiera un café americano.
I'd like a black coffee.
¡Auxilio!
Help!
Three things about Mexican Spanish for a traveller.
Ustedes, not vosotros
Mexican Spanish has no "vosotros". Groups are "ustedes", and the course uses it from the start.
More than Spanish is spoken
In Yucatán, Oaxaca and Chiapas you will also hear Maya, Zapotec, Tzotzil and other languages. The notes say where, and Spanish works across Mexico.
Pesos and markets
Exact Change, one of the course's games, uses peso coins and notes, and the market mission covers asking a price and paying.
Places the course has notes on.
Each note is a habit of that place, so you know what to expect where you are going.
Mexico City
CDMX: Centro, Roma, Condesa, Coyoacán
Guadalajara & Jalisco
Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Tequila
Cancún & the Riviera Maya
Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Cozumel
Mérida & Yucatán
Mérida, Valladolid. Yucatec Maya is widely spoken
Oaxaca
Oaxaca City, the coast. Zapotec, Mixtec and other languages are spoken
Chiapas
San Cristóbal, Palenque. Tzotzil, Tzeltal and other languages are spoken
Guanajuato & San Miguel
Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende
Puebla
Puebla, Cholula
Monterrey & the north
Monterrey and northern Mexico
The same app plans the trip you are learning Mexican Spanish for.
Takes your phrases offline
Download the travel guide on Wi-Fi. The phrasebook, survival and travel packs, local notes and audio then work with no signal.
Plans the trip too
Put places on days, save the TikToks and reels that gave you ideas, see the stops on a map and share the plan.
Keeps your travel map
Colour in the countries you have been to and the ones you want to go to.
About learning Mexican Spanish.
Is this Mexican Spanish or generic Latin American Spanish?
It is Mexican Spanish, written for Mexico: the vocabulary, the pesos, the state-level notes and the voice. Much of it carries over to other Spanish-speaking countries.
Will it help in Cancún and the Riviera Maya?
Yes. Quintana Roo has its own note, and the missions cover the situations visitors meet: hotels, buses, markets, restaurants and the pharmacy.
Do I need Spanish at all in Mexico's resorts?
Many staff in resorts speak English. Using a few phrases still changes how a conversation starts, and outside the resorts you will use Spanish more.
Going somewhere else?
Say your first Mexican Spanish phrase in a few minutes.
Create a free account, pick Mexican Spanish, and start with the phrases for your first hour.
Try it free for 14 days.