Learn how to talk about football, support your favourite team, and understand World Cup conversations in Spanish!

In this beginner Spanish podcast episode, Em and Val teach you essential football and World Cup vocabulary in Spanish.

You'll learn how to talk about the teams you support, understand common football terms like goal, referee, match, and score, and react naturally while watching a game with Spanish-speaking friends and family.

Perfect for Spanish beginners, football fans, travellers, and anyone wanting to improve their Spanish listening and conversation skills through real-life topics.

In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ How to talk about your favourite football team and say which country you support

✅ Essential World Cup and football vocabulary including goal, match, referee, player, and score

✅ Common Spanish reactions and expressions used during football matches

Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us which team you're supporting in the World Cup in Spanish!

Example: Apoyo a Argentina.

Leave your sentence in the comments or send us a DM, we LOVE seeing your progress!!

Spanglish Friend Shoutout! 

Special shoutout this week to Sara, who shared her Spanish learning goal of reaching A2 level by the end of summer while studying at least four hours each week. Amazing dedication, Sara. ¡Bien hecho!

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📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Learn how to book appointments, make reservations, and talk on the phone in Spanish with confidence!

In this beginner Spanish podcast episode, Em and Val teach you essential phrases for booking doctor's appointments, dentist visits, haircuts, and restaurant reservations in Spanish. You'll learn how to ask for availability, suggest a different day or time, and confidently handle common phone conversations in real-life Spanish.

Perfect for Spanish beginners, travelers, expats, and anyone wanting to improve their Spanish speaking and listening skills in everyday situations.

🎙️ In this episode, you'll learn:

✅ How to book an appointment in Spanish using polite phrases like Me gustaría agendar una cita

✅ Essential Spanish phone call greetings and expressions

✅ Different ways Spanish speakers answer the phone (¿Hola?, ¿Bueno?, ¿Diga?)

✅ How to ask about availability using ¿Tiene disponibilidad para...?

✅ How to request a specific day and time in Spanish

✅ How to confirm a booking and end a phone conversation politely

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Practice how you would book a table at a restaurant in Spanish!

Example: Me gustaría reservar una mesa para dos esta noche.

Leave your sentence in the comments or send us a DM, we LOVE seeing your progress!!

💛 Shoutout

 Special shoutout this week to Megan for sharing an excellent Spanish practice sentence from Episode 60: Esto no me queda bien. ¿Tienes una talla más pequeña? Amazing work, Megan. ¡Bien hecho!

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📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Learn how to say what you’re wearing in Spanish like “I’m wearing a dress,” “I wear a jacket,” and “What are you wearing?” 👗👕

In this beginner Spanish podcast episode, Em and Val teach you essential clothing vocabulary, how to describe outfits naturally using llevo and uso, and how to ask someone what they’re wearing in real-life Spanish conversations.

Perfect for Spanish beginners, travellers, and anyone wanting to improve their Spanish speaking and listening skills in everyday situations.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ How to say what you are wearing using Spanish phrases like “I am wearing…”

✅ How to use “I wear / I am wearing” to describe outfits

✅ How to correctly use Spanish articles for clothing (a / some forms)

✅ Common clothing vocabulary in Spanish (shirt, dress, shoes, jacket, etc.)

✅ How to describe your outfit using adjectives like “new,” “colourful,” and “big”

✅ How to ask “What are you wearing?” in Spanish

✅ Beginner-friendly Spanish listening and conversation practice

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us what you are wearing today in Spanish! Example: Llevo una camiseta blanca y unos pantalones negros.

Post your sentence in the comments or send us a DM, we LOVE seeing your progress!!

💛 Shoutout: Special shoutout this week to Soph for joining the conversation on Spotify with an awesome Spanish practice sentence, we love your energy and effort!

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

🎬 Have you ever wondered if watching Spanish movies can actually help you learn Spanish as a beginner? The research says YES, but only if you use them the right way.

In this episode, Em and Val break down why Spanish films feel difficult at first, what beginners usually get wrong, and how movies can actually improve your listening, vocabulary, and comprehension over time.

Perfect for Spanish beginners, travellers, and anyone wanting to improve their Spanish in a fun, real-world way.

💛 Giveaway (Australian Listeners) We’re giving away TWO double movie passes to the Australian Spanish & Latin American Film Festival, which runs from June-July 2026! 

 To enter:

• Follow us on Instagram @spanglish_friends

• Comment on our pinned post

• Tag a friend you want to take to the festival! 

Winners will announced Tuesday 9 June, 9am AEST via instagram 

💛 About the Australian Spanish & Latin American Film Festival

• 📅 Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay & more.

• 🎟️ Full festival program: https://storage.googleapis.com/production-cms-storage-bucket/SFF26_Programme_DL_Web.pdf

• 🌐 More info: https://spanishfilmfestival.com/

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ Why Spanish movies feel difficult at first (and why that’s normal)

✅ How different accents and slang affect understanding

✅ What research says about learning languages through films

✅ How subtitles actually help beginners learn faster

✅ How to use movies to improve your Spanish (even as a beginner)

✅ Beginner-friendly listening practice and strategies

🎬 Films mentioned in this episode (Em’s Spanish Movie Recommendations) 

•  La Odisea de los Giles (Argentina) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10384744/ A comedy about neighbours who lose their savings during Argentina’s financial crisis and plan a clever mission to get revenge.

• Justicia Artificial (Spain) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21186294/ A political thriller set in the near future where AI is used in the justice system, raising questions about fairness and control.

•  Language Lessons (USA) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11027830/ A heartfelt drama-comedy about a Spanish teacher and student whose online lessons turn into a deep emotional friendship.

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Have you ever watched a Spanish film? Share your experience or recommend a movie in the comments!

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📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Research mentioned in this episode (yeah, real studies here only)

• The Language Learning Journal (2019) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09571736.2019.1610033

• PLOS ONE (2016)  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158409

Learn how to say “I’m sick,” “I don’t feel well,” “my head hurts,” and other common illness phrases in Spanish🤒

In this beginner Spanish podcast episode, Em and Val teach you essential Spanish vocabulary and real-life phrases for talking about pain, symptoms, sickness, and feeling unwell naturally.

Perfect for Spanish beginners, travellers, and anyone wanting to improve their Spanish conversation and listening skills.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ How to say you feel unwell

✅ How to say “I’m sick”✅ How to describe pain using “me duele…”

✅ Common illnesses in Spanish like fever, cough, flu

✅How to talk about severity 

✅ How to say how long you’ve been sick

✅ Beginner Spanish conversation practice

✅ Real-life Spanish listening practice

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Imagine you are sick, maybe you are actually sick listening to this episode, and want to vent to the world! Say what sickness or ailment you are pretending to feel or actually feeling.

Example: No me siento bien. Me duele mucho la garganta desde ayer. Tengo tos. Post your sentence in the comments or send us a DM, we LOVE seeing your progress!!

💛Shoutout: Special shoutout again to Megan for joining our community via Spotify, we love having you here!

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Do you know how to ask for your size, where the fitting room is, or say “this doesn’t fit”… in Spanish? 

In Episode 60, Em and Val teach you how to go clothes shopping using simple, real-life Spanish. From asking for sizes to talking about how clothes fit, this is practical Spanish you’ll actually use when travelling or living abroad.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to ask where the fitting room is

✅ Learn how to ask for clothing sizes (S, M, L, XS, XL)

✅ Learn how to say “do you have this in…?”

✅ Learn how to say if something fits well or not

✅ Learn how to ask for a bigger or smaller size

✅ Hear a natural mini conversation you can copy and use

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Write a shopping conversation in Spanish:

👉Imagine an item of clothing is not fitting you well, practice asking for a larger or smaller size. Can you remember how to say this? 

Post your sentence in the comments or send us a DM on Instagram, we LOVE seeing your Spanish progress!

💛 Shoutout: This week’s shoutout goes to Jess who commented on Spotify saying our episode “what to say when you don’t know what to say” was so helpful,  and “y’all have a new listener here!” Welcome Jess, we’re so glad you’re part of the community!

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Do you know how to say “Happy Mother’s Day,” “thank you for everything,” or what you’re going to do for your mum… in Spanish? 💐

In Episode 59, Em and Val teach you how to talk about your mum, express love and gratitude, and share your Mother’s Day plans using simple beginner Spanish you can actually use in real life.

You’ll learn how to describe your mum, write a heartfelt card, and use one of the most important beginner structures: “voy a…” (I’m going to)

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to express love and gratitude

✅ Learn how to describe your mum/mom!

✅ Learn how to write a simple but meaningful Mother’s Day card in Spanish

✅ Learn how to talk about your plans with her

✅ Hear a natural mini conversation you can copy and use

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Write a short Mother’s Day to your mom or a woman you admire in Spanish.

Include: 👉 A greeting 👉 Something you love about her 👉 And one thing you’re going to do

Example: Feliz Día de la Madre, mamá. Te quiero mucho. ¡Eres muy especial para mí!

Post your sentence in the comments or send us a DM on Instagram, we LOVE seeing your Spanish progress!

💛 Shoutout: This week’s shoutout goes to JD for your kind comment on YouTube: “Me encanta este video” Gracias for being part of our community , we appreciate you!

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Why is it el problema, but la mano… and sometimes even el agua fría (wait, what?! 😵)?

In Episode 58, Em and Val break down one of the most confusing parts of Spanish for beginners — gender exceptions.

You’ve probably learned the rule: words ending in “a” are feminine and words ending in “o” are masculine… but Spanish doesn’t always follow the rules.

So how do you know when it doesn’t? And more importantly… WHY?

In this episode, we go beyond memorizing exceptions and explain the real reasons behind them — so you can finally understand Spanish, not just remember it.

🎙️In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn the basic gender rule (and why it’s only 80% accurate)

✅ Understand why Spanish breaks rules through history and evolution.

✅ Discover Latin-origin words like el problema, el sistema, el tema.

✅ Learn how English loanwords enter Spanish: el email, el marketing, la cookie.

✅ Understand shortened words like la moto, la foto, la tele.

✅ Learn pronunciation-based exceptions like el agua, el alma, el arma.

🎯Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Write one Spanish word that confused you because of its gender. Examples: El agua, el problema.

Comment below or DM us — we LOVE seeing what confuses learners so we can help you understand it better💬

💛This week’s shoutout goes to Megan from England for her amazing Spanish introduction and for sharing about her life (and her cat Dee 🐱).

You are officially our first Spanglish Friends pet mention!

📲Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧Contact: [email protected]

📚1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶Music by @scotairdmusic

Do you know how to say if you get along with someone in Spanish — your sister, your boss, your friends… or even someone you don’t get along with? 👀

In Episode 57, Em and Val teach you how to talk about relationships and personality using one of the most useful beginner Spanish structures: “llevo bien con"

You’ll learn how to say who you get along with, who you don’t, and how to explain why — using simple Spanish you can start using immediately.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to ask ‘Do you get along with…? and how to answer!

✅ Learn key vocabulary for people in your life: family, siblings, partner, boss, colleagues.

✅ Learn how to explain WHY you get or don’t get along well with someone.✅

Hear a natural mini conversation you can copy and use in real life

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Write one sentence in Spanish in about someone in your life. Include:

👉 Who they are, if you get along with them or not and why

Examples:

Me llevo muy bien con mi amiga porque es divertida y amable.

No me llevo bien con mi jefe porque es serio.

Post your sentence in the comments or send us a DM on Instagram — we LOVE seeing your Spanish progress!

💛 This week’s shoutout goes to Neriah for participating in our supermarket challenge and asking “¿Dónde está la sección de frutas y verduras?” Amazing Spanish, gracias for being part of our community!

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📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

How long have you been friends with someone… and could you say it in Spanish? 🤔💬

In this special collab episode, Em and Val are joined by Savin from Ele-Frente, to help you talk about friendships in Spanish with confidence. 💛

Together, you’ll learn how to ask how long you’ve been friends, answer using simple structures, and describe your friend’s personality using beginner-friendly Spanish.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to ask: How long you have been friends? In Spanish.

✅Learn how to answer that question.

✅ Describe your friend’s personality, such as they are fun, kind, hardworking, etc.

✅ Combine ideas to create natural Spanish sentences

✅ Hear a full mini conversation with a guest speaker

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Describe a friend in Spanish using the new vocab you learn today!

Example: Somos amigas desde hace cuatro años. Ella es divertida y amable. 

Post it in the comments or DM us on Instagram — we love celebrating your Spanish wins! 🎉

💛 Shoutout

This week’s shoutout goes to our Spanglish Friend Victoria — thank you for your kind message and for sharing the podcast with your friends. Welcome to the community! 

💫 Follow our Guest Host— Savin from Ele-Frente!

Follow Savin here → Instagram @ele_frente

He shares clear, beginner-friendly Spanish tips and is the host of the podcast Español con Pasos Firmes, helping learners build confidence step by step. Check him out on spotify! 

Follow Spanglish Friends 

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📧 Contact: [email protected]

📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: [email protected]

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic