Spanish Quickie | Spanish for Beginners
Do you wanna have a quickie? Spanish Quickie is the perfect podcast for BEGINNER SPANISH LEARNERS looking for fast, fun, and easy lessons. In just 2-3 minutes, you'll pick up vocabulary, grammar tips, and useful expressions to boost your confidence en español. Hosted by Marco Fierro from Latin ELE, your Latino Spanish teacher with a knack for making learning fun and approachable. ¡Vamos! For more information visit www.latinele.com
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January 12, 2026 • 3 mins
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In this Spanish Quickie, learn three essential questions to use in class from day one 👇
¿Qué significa…?
¿Cómo se dice…?
¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Perfect for beginners who want practical, bite‑sized Spanish practice!
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📚 Starting Spanish lessons soon?
In this Spanish Quickie, learn three essential questions to use in class from day one 👇
¿Qué significa…?
¿Cómo se dice…?
¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Perfect for beginners who want practical, bite‑sized Spanish practice!
👉 More content to boost your Spanish: https://latinele.com/
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January 7, 2026 • 2 mins
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🎆 What are the most common failed New Year’s resolutions?
In this Spanish Quickie, learn essential vocabulary like perder peso, comer más saludable, and aprender algo nuevo with a short listening activity.
Perfect for beginners who want fun, bite-sized Spanish practice!
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🎆 What are the most common failed New Year’s resolutions?
In this Spanish Quickie, learn essential vocabulary like perder peso, comer más saludable, and aprender algo nuevo with a short listening activity.
Perfect for beginners who want fun, bite-sized Spanish practice!
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December 16, 2025 • 4 mins
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🎆 How do you celebrate New Year en español?
In this Spanish Quickie, you’ll learn essential vocabulary for Nochevieja and Año Nuevo, from fuegos artificiales to champaña, with a short listening activity.
Perfect for beginners who want festive, bite-sized Spanish practice!
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🎆 How do you celebrate New Year en español?
In this Spanish Quickie, you’ll learn essential vocabulary for Nochevieja and Año Nuevo, from fuegos artificiales to champaña, with a short listening activity.
Perfect for beginners who want festive, bite-sized Spanish practice!
🍾 Study along with the summary and flash...
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December 9, 2025 • 3 mins
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🎄 How do you say Christmas in Spanish?
In this Spanish Quickie, you’ll learn essential Navidad vocabulary, from árbol de Navidad to Papá Noel, with a short listening activity.
Perfect for beginners who want festive, bite-sized Spanish practice!
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🎄 How do you say Christmas in Spanish?
In this Spanish Quickie, you’ll learn essential Navidad vocabulary, from árbol de Navidad to Papá Noel, with a short listening activity.
Perfect for beginners who want festive, bite-sized Spanish practice!
🎄 Study along with the summary on Latin ELE's blog ⬇️
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November 18, 2025 • 2 mins
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Learn how to say “you’re welcome” in Spanish!
From the classic de nada to a la orden and no hay de qué, discover when and how to use each.
A fun Spanish Quickie for beginners to sound more natural when replying to gracias.
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Learn how to say “you’re welcome” in Spanish!
From the classic de nada to a la orden and no hay de qué, discover when and how to use each.
A fun Spanish Quickie for beginners to sound more natural when replying to gracias.
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November 3, 2025 • 2 mins
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Learn how to say thank you in Spanish the right way!
A fun, easy lesson for Spanish beginners, perfect for Thanksgiving.
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Learn how to say thank you in Spanish the right way!
A fun, easy lesson for Spanish beginners, perfect for Thanksgiving.
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October 13, 2025 • 4 mins
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Ever written anos instead of años? 😳
Learn why mixing up N and Ñ can turn “years” into “anuses,” “cones” into something else entirely, and more!
Avoid hilarious (and embarrassing) Spanish slip-ups in this fun Spanish Quickie episode.
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Ever written anos instead of años? 😳
Learn why mixing up N and Ñ can turn “years” into “anuses,” “cones” into something else entirely, and more!
Avoid hilarious (and embarrassing) Spanish slip-ups in this fun Spanish Quickie episode.
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October 1, 2025 • 2 mins
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Learn how to roll your R in Spanish with a challenging tongue twister! 🌀
This quick pronunciation exercise will help Spanish beginners master tricky sounds while having fun.
The tongue twister is: Enrique rema río arriba, río arriba rema Enrique 🚣
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Learn how to roll your R in Spanish with a challenging tongue twister! 🌀
This quick pronunciation exercise will help Spanish beginners master tricky sounds while having fun.
The tongue twister is: Enrique rema río arriba, río arriba rema Enrique 🚣
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September 14, 2025 • 3 mins
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😱 What is a Labubu?
In this episode of Spanish Quickie, you’ll practice Spanish vocabulary to describe monsters and objects with a short listening activity.
Great for beginners who want fun Spanish practice!
📝 Audio Transcript (Practice Section)
¿Qué es un Labubu?
Es un monstruo que tiene ojos grandes, orejas puntiagudas y dientes afilados.
Un m...
😱 What is a Labubu?
In this episode of Spanish Quickie, you’ll practice Spanish vocabulary to describe monsters and objects with a short listening activity.
Great for beginners who want fun Spanish practice!
📝 Audio Transcript (Practice Section)
¿Qué es un Labubu?
Es un monstruo que tiene ojos grandes, orejas puntiagudas y dientes afilados.
Un m...
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September 1, 2025 • 3 mins
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Is Reese Witherspoon accidentally making Spanish steamy? 😅
In this episode, we break down the hot word “caliente”—when to use it, when not to, and why saying “estoy caliente” might get you the wrong kind of attention 🔞
You’ll learn how to talk about heat (and hot people) the right way en español.
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Is Reese Witherspoon accidentally making Spanish steamy? 😅
In this episode, we break down the hot word “caliente”—when to use it, when not to, and why saying “estoy caliente” might get you the wrong kind of attention 🔞
You’ll learn how to talk about heat (and hot people) the right way en español.
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August 12, 2025 • 3 mins
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What do "Three Sad Tigers" have to do with Spanish? Well, it's the name of a famous tongue twister: Tres Tristes Tigres 🐯.
Listen to this episode and get ready to put your Spanish pronunciation skills to test.
Full tongue twister 👉 Tres tristes tigres trigo tragaron en un trigal.
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What do "Three Sad Tigers" have to do with Spanish? Well, it's the name of a famous tongue twister: Tres Tristes Tigres 🐯.
Listen to this episode and get ready to put your Spanish pronunciation skills to test.
Full tongue twister 👉 Tres tristes tigres trigo tragaron en un trigal.
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August 1, 2025 • 4 mins
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If mañana means both “morning” and “tomorrow,” how do you say “tomorrow morning”?
Let’s clear it up in this episode. ¡Vamos! 👇
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If mañana means both “morning” and “tomorrow,” how do you say “tomorrow morning”?
Let’s clear it up in this episode. ¡Vamos! 👇
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July 7, 2025 • 2 mins
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Think “pijo” just means snob? Think again.
In Spain, it’s about the upper class. In parts of South America… it’s definitely not.
In this quickie, Marco breaks down how one word can go very wrong depending on the country.
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Think “pijo” just means snob? Think again.
In Spain, it’s about the upper class. In parts of South America… it’s definitely not.
In this quickie, Marco breaks down how one word can go very wrong depending on the country.
🎧 Listen now and avoid a pija-related blunder.
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July 1, 2025 • 2 mins
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🔥 Summer’s here, and it’s time to fire up your Spanish… and your grill!
In this juicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco breaks down the essential vocabulary you need to survive (and thrive) at a Latin barbecue — from barbacoa to parrilla, and everything in between.
⚠️ Warning: this episode might make you hungry 😋
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🔥 Summer’s here, and it’s time to fire up your Spanish… and your grill!
In this juicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco breaks down the essential vocabulary you need to survive (and thrive) at a Latin barbecue — from barbacoa to parrilla, and everything in between.
⚠️ Warning: this episode might make you hungry 😋
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June 16, 2025 • 2 mins
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You’ve probably heard ¿cómo te va? as a casual way to say “how’s it going?” in Spanish. But did you know you can also use ¿cómo va…? to ask about just about anything?
In this quickie, Marco breaks down how to use this versatile phrase to sound more natural in conversations — whether you're talking about work, life, or your fiesta plans.
Short, swe...
You’ve probably heard ¿cómo te va? as a casual way to say “how’s it going?” in Spanish. But did you know you can also use ¿cómo va…? to ask about just about anything?
In this quickie, Marco breaks down how to use this versatile phrase to sound more natural in conversations — whether you're talking about work, life, or your fiesta plans.
Short, swe...
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June 13, 2025 • 2 mins
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Forget Friday the 13th! In the Spanish-speaking world, Martes 13 is the real day to watch out for.
In this Spanish Quickie, Marco explains why this date is considered unlucky, what people avoid doing, and how to talk about bad luck in Spanish.
📆 En martes 13, no te cases ni te embarques (On a Tuesday, don’t get married or go on a trip)
Superstiti...
Forget Friday the 13th! In the Spanish-speaking world, Martes 13 is the real day to watch out for.
In this Spanish Quickie, Marco explains why this date is considered unlucky, what people avoid doing, and how to talk about bad luck in Spanish.
📆 En martes 13, no te cases ni te embarques (On a Tuesday, don’t get married or go on a trip)
Superstiti...
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May 26, 2025 • 2 mins
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In this spicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco clears up a common and awkward mistake Spanish beginners make: using “excitado” to say “excited.” 😳
Discover what it really means, and learn the right words to express your excitement—without sounding like you’re hitting on someone at the wrong moment.
A must-listen to avoid embarrassing mix-ups!
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In this spicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco clears up a common and awkward mistake Spanish beginners make: using “excitado” to say “excited.” 😳
Discover what it really means, and learn the right words to express your excitement—without sounding like you’re hitting on someone at the wrong moment.
A must-listen to avoid embarrassing mix-ups!
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May 11, 2025 • 2 mins
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Ever get stuck trying to say your email in Spanish? Especially that tricky "@" part?
In this quickie, you'll learn the simple way to ask and share an email—plus the one word you need to never forget.
Spoiler: it’s not “at”! 😏
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Ever get stuck trying to say your email in Spanish? Especially that tricky "@" part?
In this quickie, you'll learn the simple way to ask and share an email—plus the one word you need to never forget.
Spoiler: it’s not “at”! 😏
More content to learn Spanish on Latin ELE's website 👇
https://latinele.com/
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May 7, 2025 • 3 mins
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In this spicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco clears up the confusion between mamá, mamita, and mamacita.
You’ll learn why one of these is perfect for Mother’s Day, and the other might land you in a very different kind of conversation!
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In this spicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco clears up the confusion between mamá, mamita, and mamacita.
You’ll learn why one of these is perfect for Mother’s Day, and the other might land you in a very different kind of conversation!
More content to boost your Spanish on our website ⬇️
https://latinele.com/
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May 4, 2025 • 3 mins
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🍺 Had One Too Many? Learn How to Say “Hangover” in Spanish
Learn the standard and regional slang terms for that dreaded morning-after feeling—so you can talk about it like a native (with or without the headache).
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🍺 Had One Too Many? Learn How to Say “Hangover” in Spanish
Learn the standard and regional slang terms for that dreaded morning-after feeling—so you can talk about it like a native (with or without the headache).
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