Beginners Spanish Podcast - Spanglish Friends

Planning a trip to a Spanish-speaking country or want to feel more confident navigating Spanish-speaking cities? In this episode, we teach you how to ask for directions using the verb ESTAR, and how to understand the most common responses — in clear, beginner-friendly Spanish.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ How to ask “Where is…?” using ¿Dónde está...?

✅ 5 essential adverbs to describe location: allí, allá, cerca, lejos, al lado de

✅ How to understand simple directions like “It’s 2 blocks away” using cuadras

✅ A short Spanish conversation in context — plus a full breakdown after

Whether you’re traveling soon or just want to build confidence in everyday Spanish, this episode will give you practical tools for real-life situations.

✏️ Challenge of the Week

Tell us: Where is your school or workplace?

Use one of today’s phrases! Example: Mi trabajo está lejos. / Mi escuela está cerca.

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Music by @scotairdmusic

Want to learn how to say the 7 days of the week in Spanish? In this episode, we teach you how to talk about the days of the week and key time words like today, yesterday, tomorrow — plus two cool bonus words: how to say “the day after tomorrow” and “the day before yesterday” using just one word in Spanish!

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ The 7 days of the week in Spanish (with pronunciation help)

✅ How to say today, yesterday, and tomorrow

✅ Simple one-word phrases for “day after tomorrow” & “day before yesterday”

✅ A short, fun conversation to hear these words used in context

Join Val (native Spanish teacher from Venezuela) and Em (English-speaking learner) as they make learning Spanish clear, fun, and beginner-friendly!

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week This week’s shoutout goes to Ellia from Canada, who commented on episode 9 to say she loves the podcast and told us to keep it going — thank you so much, Ellia!

✏️ Challenge of the Week

Tell us in the comments: What day of the week is it when you're listening to this episode?

Use the phrase Hoy es + [day of the week]

For example: Hoy es lunes (Today is Monday) or Hoy es viernes (Today is Friday)

Comment below or message us on Instagram — we love hearing from you!

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Ready to level up your Spanish from just “yo soy” and “tú estás”? In this episode, we teach you how to say “we are,” “they are,” and “you all are” in Spanish — with clear examples, cultural tips, and conversation practice to help you speak more naturally.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ When to use nosotros/nosotras, ellos/ellas, and ustedes/vosotros

✅ How to conjugate them using both ser and estar ✅ Simple memory tricks to make it stick

✅ A short dialogue using all 5 pronouns in context

Whether you're learning Latin American Spanish or Spain Spanish, Val (native Spanish teacher from Venezuela) and Em (English-speaking learner) break it down simply and clearly.

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week This week’s shoutout goes to Tommy from Australia! He completed our reto from episode 12 with awesome examples of conjugating estar— thanks for getting involved, Tommy!

✏️ Challenge of the Week Choose one pronoun from today and write a sentence using ser or estar. Example: “Nosotras somos amigas.”

Comment below or message us on instagram — we love hearing from you!

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😅 Feeling a little confundido about emotions in Spanish? This beginner-friendly episode teaches you when to use estar (not tener) for feelings — plus 10 essential emotions to boost your Spanish fast and take your conversations to the next levels! 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ 5 high-energy emotions (I’m good, fantastic, well, happy and excited)

✅ 5 lower-energy emotions (I’m so-so, not good, sad, tired, stressed)

✅ 2 common traps to avoid as a beginner! (I’m cold/hot, I’m hungry/thirsty) 

Val (native Spanish teacher from Venezuela) and Em (English-speaking learner) explain everything step-by-step so you can feel more confident using both verbs in real-life conversations.

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week

Shoutout to Duska who commented on episode 1 & 3. They said that they studied Spanish in high school several decades ago and that they will visit Spain for the first time this year and are loving our episodes! Thanks so much, and we can’t wait to hear about your trip! 

✏️ Challenge of the Week

Use estar to tell us, how are you feeling today? ¿Cómo estás?

You can reply by using the structure yo estoy + the emotion — “Estoy muy feliz” (I’m really happy) — “Estoy un poco cansado” (I’m a bit tired)

Comment below or message us on instagram your answer — we’d love to hear from you!

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🧠 Struggling with Ser vs Estar in Spanish? This episode is your beginner-friendly guide to finally understanding how to say “to be” in Spanish — and when to use each one!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ What Estar means and how to conjugate it in the present tense (I am/ You Are / She&He Is)

✅ The 2 main reasons to use Estar (emotion & location)

✅ The 2 main reasons to use Ser (identity & origin)

Val (native Spanish teacher from Venezuela) and Em (English-speaking learner) explain everything step-by-step so you can feel more confident using both verbs in real-life conversations.

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week

Big shout-out to Elliette from Australia 🇦🇺 for participating in our Episode 6 and 7 challenges! She nailed the gender and article rules — ¡muy bien!

✏️ Challenge of the Week

Use estar to describe how you feel or where you are! Examples:

— “Estoy feliz” (I’m happy)

— “Estoy en mi casa” (I’m at home)

— “Estoy en el tren” (I’m on the train)

Comment below or message us on instagram your answer — we’d love to hear from you!

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🎉 In this episode of Spanglish Friends, we explore Spanish birthday vocabulary and phrases for beginners! Whether you're learning Spanish from scratch or want to build your confidence, this lesson is for you. 💬

We’ll teach you:

• How to ask “How old are you?” in Spanish 🎂
• Useful birthday-related words (party, cake, guests, gifts!) 🎁
• Common phrases like “Happy Birthday” and “Have a great birthday” in Spanish 🎊
• Plus, Em sings “Happy Birthday” – Chilean version! 🇨🇱
  

✏️ Challenge of the Week

 Wish someone a happy birthday in Spanish! 🎈
 Try: “¡Feliz cumpleaños a mi [mamá/hermano/amigo]!”
 Comment below or message us on Instagram — we’d love to hear from you!

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout-Out of the Week
 Shout-out to our amigo Will from England 🇬🇧 for participating in our Episode 8 challenge! He wrote: “La camiseta negra (de Arsenal)” — great use of gender and vocabulary, Will! 👏

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Learn how to count from 0 to 100 in beginners Spanish! 

In this episode, Val and Em will teach you: 

✅ How to count 0-10 & tricks to remember the numbers 

✅ How to count 11-15 (the tricky ones!) and then the simple trick to remember 16-19 

✅ How to count 20-100 and the key trick (adding ‘-enta’) to remember 

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout Out of the week

This week’s shout out goes to our new amigo Eric from Canada!

Eric participated in our episode 6 challenge via instagram to find and practice saying a word with the ‘rr’ sound. He found ‘ferrocarril’ which means railway, and is a great word to practice rolling your r’s. Thanks for getting involved Eric 🙂

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

¿Cuántos hermanos tienes? How many siblings do you have?

Tell us using the sentence structure ‘Yo tengo X hermanos / hermanas’ 

Practice saying the number out-loud as you’ve learnt in today's episode too! Comment below or DM us on instagram 🙂

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Learn some more adjectives to describe sizes and people, plus learn how to say ‘I am’, ‘You are’ and ‘He/She is’ with the verb “ser” in beginners Spanish! 

In this episode, Val and Em will teach you: 

✅ What are the most common adjectives - those describing words-  to describe shape and sizes - like tall, small, big etc? 

✅ What are the common adjectives to describe peoples personalities - such as nice or fun? 

✅ How you you say ‘to be’ in Spanish? Such as ‘I am’, ‘You are’ or ‘He/she is’ 

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout Out of the week

This week’s shout out goes to Siana from Canada! 

They commented on episode 3, and completed the reto to introduce herself and tell us that she has been studying Spanish for three years. 

¡Felicitaciones Siana! 

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Describe someone or something or someone important to you in spanish using the verb ‘ser’ we learnt today

• e.g. Mi papa es muy amable (my dad is kind) 

• e.g. Mi perro es gordo (my dog is chubby) 

Comment below or DM us on instagram 🙂

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Learn how to say the colors in beginners Spanish! 

In this episode, Val and Em will teach you: 

✅ How to say the names of the basic fundamental colors in Spanish 

✅ The correct sentence structure in Spanish (of noun + adjective) 

✅ The secret trick you can use to figure out if the ending of the adjective needs to change to match the gender of the noun 

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Tell us in the comments what’s your favourite colour shirt (camisa) or t-shirt (camiseta) in Spanish? 

E.g. la camisa roja (the red shirt) or la camiseta verde (the green t-shirt)

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout Out of the week

Shout out to our new amiga Jennifer, who completed our reto in episode 4. She found the word ‘hogar’ which means home in Spanish, and practiced pronouncing it with the silent ‘h’. 

Well done Jennifer! Get involved in this weeks challenge to be included in a future shout out! 

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Do you know how to start using the genders to describe stuff in beginners Spanish? 

In this episode, Val and Em will teach you: 

✅ The 4 ‘thes’ of Spanish - El, La, Los and Las. The secret is, male nouns (people, places or things) generally end in o (e.g. el libro / the book) or los libros / the books), and feminine nouns generally end in a or -cion (e.g. la casa / the house or las canciones / the songs) 

✅ Nouns - persons, places or things, can change to masculine or feminine, like profesor (male teacher) or profesora (female teacher) 

✅ Adjectives - describing words, like colours or attributes like tall or small. In spanish, they can change based on gender, like las casas amarillas (the yellow houses) or los libros amarillos (the yellow books). The secret is, if it ends in ‘e’ you dont generally have to change the gender. Like la chica inteligente (the smart girl) 

✏️ Reto / Challenge of the week

Select which of the 4 ‘thes’ [ El | La | Los | Las ] is correct to use for the following words? 

• The children >>> [ El | La | Los | Las ] Niños

• The dog (female dog) >>> [ El | La | Los | Las ] Perra 

• The water >>> [ El | La | Los | Las ] Agua 

Comment your answers below! 

🎉 Spanglish Friend Shout Out of the week

Get involved in our challenge for a potential shout out in an upcoming episode

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