Beginners Spanish Podcast - Spanglish Friends

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 

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Imagine yourself at the beach — swimming in the ocean, building sandcastles, or relaxing under an umbrella… now you can describe all of that en español! 🌊☀️

In Episode 55, Em and Val teach you how to talk about your favourite beach activities in Spanish — from sunbathing to surfing, having a picnic, and making sandcastles. Perfect for beginner learners who want to start speaking about real-life activities in Spanish.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn essential beach vocabulary: la playa, el mar, la arena, la sombrilla, el traje de baño

✅ Learn useful verbs for beach activities: nadar, tomar el sol, surfear, hacer un picnic, hacer castillos de arena

✅ Answer the beginner-friendly question: ¿Qué haces en la playa? / ¿Qué te gusta hacer normalmente?

✅ Hear a full mini conversation you can copy and practise

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us one sentence about what you like to do at the beach in Spanish. Start with:

👉 Me gusta + verb

Example: Me gusta tomar el sol.Post it in the comments or DM us on Instagram — we love celebrating your Spanish wins!

💛 Shoutout:

This week’s shoutout goes to Spanglish Friend Maya who messaged us on Insta, Estoy feliz escuchar! That’s a great sentence which means ‘I’m so happy to be listening’. We're so happy to know that, and thank you for your support amiga.

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Want to talk about Easter in Spanish — from the Easter bunny to chocolate and egg hunts — using just a few simple words? 🐰🍫🥚

In Episode 54, Em and Val teach you how to describe Easter traditions like painting and hiding eggs, looking for them, and celebrating with family — all in beginner-friendly Spanish.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn essential Easter vocabulary: la Pascua, los huevos de Pascua, el conejo de Pascua, el jardín, and la canasta

✅ Learn useful verbs to describe Easter activities: pintar, esconder, buscar, and encontrar

✅ Answer common questions like ¿Qué haces en Pascua? and ¿Qué hace tu familia?

✅ Hear a full mini conversation about Easter that you can copy and practise

✅ Understand how to talk about holiday traditions with simple sentences

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us in one sentence what you or your family do at Easter in Spanish. For example:

• En Pascua pinto huevos.

• Escondo huevos en el jardín.

• Mi familia busca huevos de Pascua.

Post your sentence in the comments or send us a direct message on Instagram — Val and Em love seeing you practice and celebrate your Spanish wins!

💛 Shoutout: This week’s shoutout goes to our Spanglish Friend Emily, who asked: “Cómo se dice landlord en español?” The answer: propietaria (I’m a landlord). Thanks for being part of our community, Emily!

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Want to describe what someone looks like in Spanish — and make it sound natural in conversation? 👀In this episode, you’ll learn how to talk about height, hair, and eye colour using simple beginner Spanish.

In Episode 53, Em and Val guide you through describing people using only two verbs — ser and tener — so you can confidently talk about your friends, family, or anyone you meet.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Describe height and physical traits using ser (alto, baja, delgado, etc.)

✅ Talk about hair using tiene el pelo + colour and length (rubio, castaño, largo, corto)

✅ Describe eye colour with tiene los ojos (azules, verdes, marrones, avellana, ámbar)

✅ Learn gender agreement for adjectives

✅ Hear a full beginner mini conversation about best friends in Spanish

✅ Apply your new skills in a weekly challenge to describe someone in your life

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Describe someone you know in Spanish:

• Their height using ser 'es'

• Their hair using tiene el pelo

• Their eyes using tiene los ojos

Example: Mi amiga es alta. Tiene el pelo negro. Tiene los ojos verdes.

💛 Fifty-three episodes in — and now you can describe people in Spanish like a pro beginner!

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Want to describe your daily routine in Spanish — and make it sound like a real conversation? ☀️In this episode, you’ll learn how to talk about what you do in the morning, afternoon, and evening using simple, beginner Spanish.

In Episode 52, Em and Val teach you how to go from random verbs to a full connected story about your day — using reflexive verbs, sequencing words, and frequency expressions you can start using straight away.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn essential daily routine reflexive verbs (me despierto, me levanto, me ducho, me acuesto)

✅ Learn how to use regular verbs to describe your day

✅ Connect your routine using primero, luego, después, más tarde, finalmente

✅ Make your Spanish sound natural with siempre, a veces, nunca, todos los días

✅ Understand why we say me despierto and not yo despierto

✅ Hear a full beginner daily routine you can copy and practice

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week) Tell us about your daily routine using:

👉 one reflexive verb👉 one sequencing word👉 one frequency word

Example: Primero, me levanto a las ocho. Luego, trabajo. A veces estudio español.

Val will help correct your sentence if needed!

💛 Fifty-two episodes in — and you can now talk about your life in Spanish. That’s main-character energy.

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Going grocery shopping in a Spanish-speaking country? 🛒You’ll need to know how to ask where things are, understand the different sections, and pay at the checkout — all in Spanish.

In Episode 51, Em and Val teach beginner Spanish learners how to shop for food confidently — from finding the bakery and butcher to paying with cash or card — using simple, real-life Spanish you can start using straight away.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to say supermarket, market, bakery, butcher, and more

✅ Learn how to ask where things are using ¿Dónde está…?

✅ Understand key shop words like pasillo, sección, and caja

✅ Learn how to pay with cash or card in Spanish

✅ Know how to respond when asked for ID or loyalty points (RUT / DNI)

✅ Hear a short mini grocery shopping conversation you can copy and practise

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us how you can ask for your favorite section in a supermarket, using the structure Dónde está la sección de + panadería + place. Like sección de frutas, verduras, carne.

Val will help correct your sentence if needed!

💛 Don’t forget to follow, leave a review, and share this episode with a friend who loves food (or travelling 😉).

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Meeting someone for the first time in Spanish? 🤝Would you confidently introduce yourself — or panic after saying hola?

In Episode 50, Em and Val celebrate fifty episodes of Spanglish Friends by helping you have your first real conversation in Spanish using the language you already know — step by step.

You’ll learn how to introduce yourself naturally: your name, age, where you’re from, where you live, what you do, what you like, and even your mascotas 🐶 — using simple beginner Spanish you can start speaking straight away.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to say your name and age (Me llamo…, Tengo… años)

✅ Learn how to say where you’re from and where you live (Soy de…, Vivo en…)

✅ Describe your living situation (Vivo con… / Vivo solo/a)

✅ Talk about your job or studies (Soy… / Trabajo en…)

✅ Talk about the weather in your city (Hace calor / hace frío)

✅ Share your likes using Me gusta…

✅ Introduce your pet and say its name

✅ Hear two full beginner introductions you can copy and practise

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Write your own Spanish introduction using at least TWO of the structures from this episode.

👉 Example: Me llamo Alex.Soy de Australia y vivo en la ciudad. Me gusta el café.

Val will help correct your sentence if needed!

💛 Thank you for being part of our first 50 episodes — this conversation is proof of how far you’ve come.

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Shopping in a Spanish-speaking country? 🛍️One of the first things you’ll need to know is how to ask prices, point to what you want, and say if something is too expensive.

In Episode 49, Em and Val teach beginner Spanish learners how to shop confidently in Spanish — from asking How much is that? to saying I want this one and even bargaining politely — using simple, real-life Spanish you can start using straight away.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to ask prices using ¿Cuánto cuesta…? and ¿Cuánto es…?

✅ Learn how to say this vs that using este, esta, ese, esa (and plural forms)

✅ Point to items near or far when shopping

✅ Learn how to say something is too expensive (está caro / está cara)✅ Learn how to ask for a discount politely

✅ Hear a short mini shopping conversation you can copy and practise

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Say for the word imán - would you sau ese or esa, or este or esta? Val will help correct your sentence if needed!

💛 Don’t forget to follow, leave a review, and share this episode with a friend planning a trip (or a shopping spree 😉).

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Meeting someone new in Spanish and not sure how to ask what they do for work — or how to respond without feeling awkward? This episode has you covered.

In Episode 48, Em and Val teach beginner Spanish learners how to ask someone about their job in Spanish, react naturally when they answer, and keep the conversation going with simple follow-up questions — using real, everyday Spanish you can start using straight away.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn 3 natural ways to ask “What do you do for work?” in Spanish(¿A qué te dedicas?, ¿En qué trabajas?, ¿Cuál es tu profesión?)

✅ Learn how to react naturally with phrases like qué interesante, qué bueno, ah, genial

✅ Keep the conversation flowing with easy follow-up questions(¿Te gusta tu trabajo?, ¿Trabajas algunos días desde casa?)

✅ Hear a short mini conversation you can copy and practise

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us in Spanish:👉 Your favourite reaction phrase from this episode

Example: ¡Ah, qué interesante!Or: ¡Ah, genial!

Val will help correct your sentence if needed!

💛 Don’t forget to follow, leave a review, and share this episode with someone learning Spanish.

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

Valentine’s Day is here 💕 — and what better time to learn how to talk about love in Spanish?

In Episode 47, Em and Val teach beginner Spanish learners how to express love, talk about relationships, and share Valentine’s Day plans using simple, real-life Spanish you can start using straight away — even if you’re just starting out.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll:

✅ Learn how to say I love you in Spanish — and when to use te quiero vs te amo

✅ Talk about your loved ones using beginner vocabulary (partner, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife)

✅ Learn how to say you have a date using tengo una cita con…

✅ Talk about Valentine’s Day plans using the simple future (voy a + verb)

✅ Hear a short mini conversation you can copy and practice

🎯 Reto de la Semana (Challenge of the Week)

Tell us in Spanish:

👉 One sentence about love or your Valentine’s Day plans

Example: Voy a salir a cenar con mi pareja.Or: Tengo una cita con mi novio.

Val will help correct your sentence if needed!

💛 Don’t forget to follow, leave a review, and share this episode with someone you love (or someone learning Spanish 😉).

📲 Instagram & TikTok → @spanglish_friends

📧 Contact: [email protected]

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

🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic