Spanish for beginners: guides and exercises
Start learning Spanish with seven free guides. Practise introductions, café orders, directions and more with explanations, exercises and answers.
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Espanol LingoA short routine
Choose one guide. Spend two minutes reading the exchange, two saying it aloud and one answering the exercise. Check the answer, then change a name, place or number. Later, try the exchange without looking. Five minutes is a suggested routine, not a promise of a particular result.
Keep useful details
Write accents and ñ carefully: sí means yes, while si means if; año means year. These are meaningful distinctions, not decoration.
Spanish in Spain and beyond
The examples use everyday Spanish and explain a Spain-specific choice when needed. Spanish varies across regions; a different accent or a regional word is not automatically a mistake.
Practical guides
Ask for directions in Spain
Find a station, follow simple directions and ask someone to repeat more slowly. Practise derecha, izquierda and todo recto with real Spanish examples.
Shop and ask prices in Spanish
Ask about prices, sizes and payment with practical Spanish shopping examples, from cuánto cuesta to paying by card and asking for a different size.
Check in at a hotel in Spanish
Explain a reservation, ask about breakfast and describe a simple room problem in Spanish, with the phrases you actually need at a hotel desk in Spain.
Tell the time and make plans in Spanish
Practise es la una, son las dos and a las with simple meeting arrangements, so you can agree a time and a place to meet someone and confirm it in Spanish.
Spanish greetings and introductions
Start a conversation, introduce yourself and ask someone’s name. Practise hola, me llamo and cómo te llamas in one short, complete Spanish exchange.
Order at a café in Spanish
Practise a short café order and ask for the bill. Learn to ask for a coffee, add por favor and gracias, and pay without switching back to English.
Ask clear questions in Spanish
Use question words and Spanish punctuation in everyday sentences. Practise qué, dónde, cuándo and cómo, and the inverted mark that opens each question.
Spanish translator for text and voice
Use the Espanol Lingo translator to work with Spanish text and supported voice input, check meaning in context and keep the phrases you want to reuse.
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