Learn Spanish
The 5,000 Spanish words that matter, in the order you'll actually need them.
Our biggest course: a gap-free path from rank 1 to rank 5,000, with a graded story at every milestone, a conjugation table for every verb, and both sides of the Atlantic on every page.
Designed by linguists, approved by natives and built with data.
Read the whole course freeOne Plus subscription covers all 11 languages, not just Spanish, and the full Learn IPA course See what Plus adds
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Quick taster
3-word session
A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.
Graded reader
Una mañana en casa
Only words the course has taught
. . .
Today I go home. I'm hungry and I want to eat. My friend says there is food on the table.
Tap any word for its word page
Read Spanish from the first week.
113 graded readers written only from words the course has already taught you, from hundred-word starters to core-5,000 capstones. You read fluently from page one and tap anything you forget.
Browse Spanish storiesGrammar that treats you like an adult.
Spanish carries the subject inside the verb ending, which is why it can drop the pronoun. The course teaches that properly: every tense explained, every one of the 799 verbs tabled.
Explore Spanish grammarPresent tense
hablar
to speak - Regular -ar verb
- yo
- hablo
- tú
- hablas
- él / ella
- habla
- nosotros
- hablamos
- vosotros
- habláis
- ellos
- hablan
The ending carries the subject, so Spanish usually drops the pronoun: hablo means "I speak".
Built for Spanish, specifically
Not one course photocopied eleven times. Each language gets the tools its own difficulties actually call for.
The Learn IPA course comes with it
One Plus subscription gets you the Spanish course and the full Learn IPA course: ten lessons, every drill, and the same words heard in two English accents, General American and British RP. The Spanish IPA chart then puts the soft b, d and g, the trill and seseo into symbols, so you can read any Spanish pronunciation in a dictionary.
Spanish by the numbers
Counted from the course, not rounded up for the brochure.
- words, taught in frequency order
- 5000
- verb conjugation tables
- 841
- graded stories
- 113
- words with Latin American IPA
- 975
words, taught in frequency order
verb conjugation tables
graded stories
words with Latin American IPA
Certification
Prove your Spanish
A timed exam on the words that matter most: recognition, listening, recall and a reading passage. Pass with 80% and the certificate is yours, with its own verification link for LinkedIn or a CV.
Every way to learn Spanish
The course is the spine, but every part of it stands on its own.
Courses
- Online AppThe course as a game: a trail, streaks and XP
- Online Coursebook5,000 words in order: words, grammar, stories
- Just DrillPick a word list, or build your own, and drill it
- IntroductionHow the course works, and where to begin
- GCSE journey mapThe GCSE course as a trail
- GCSE coursebookThe GCSE specification, in its own order
- A-level journey mapThe A-level course as a trail
- A-level coursebookThe A-level specification, in its own order
- AP journey mapThe AP course as a trail
- AP coursebookThe AP specification, in its own order
- What is a GCSE?The exam, its tiers, and how it compares to CEFR
- What is an A-level?The exam, and how the course builds on GCSE
- What is AP?The AP language exams, and our AP Spanish, French and Chinese courses
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Words and sounds
- Word listsUp to 5,000 words by frequency, plus GCSE and A-level
- Vocab by CEFRA1 through C2 wordlists
- AlphabetLetters, sounds, and special characters
- IPA chartEvery sound of the language, in IPA
- Sound LabHear each sound, and see the mouth make it
- Authentic listeningReal news reports at native speed, free to play
- SpeakingPlus featureRecord yourself and compare with the course audio (experimental)
Play
Teach and print
Read real Spanish stories from chapter 1
Graded stories, a grammar article and drill for every point, a whole games arcade, printable worksheets and lessons by email. One account, every language.
Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.
Start Spanish at word one.
Every word and grammar lesson is free to read, and stays that way. Plus adds every graded reader past chapter 2, the story drills, grammar practice, games, printables and lessons by email: free for a week, then $5 a month - one subscription for every course on the site, not just Spanish, and the full Learn IPA course with it.