Learn Spanish
by playing
Spoken by more than 500 million people, Spanish is one of the most useful languages you can learn. Piquoli has you practise everyday vocabulary and common sentences, each with a recorded Spanish voice.
Why learn Spanish with Piquoli?
- ✓The second most spoken native language in the world.
- ✓Regular pronunciation: what is written is what you say.
- ✓The Spanish of Spain (coche, ordenador, vosotros), ready for your next holiday.
- ✓Everyday sentences to build and write, so you speak sooner.
- ✓More than 2,700 words and sentences from level A1 to A2, in 43 themes.
A few words to start with
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| hello | hola |
| thank you | gracias |
| dog | el perro |
| house | la casa |
| Where is the station? | ¿Dónde está la estación? |
What makes Spanish hard, and how Piquoli helps
Spanish sounds the way it is written, which makes the start very rewarding. The tricky sounds are the “j” and the rolled “r”, which you pick up by listening a lot. Every word in Piquoli is spoken by a Spanish voice that you can replay and slow down.
Watch out for false friends: “embarazada” means pregnant, “constipado” means having a cold. Piquoli shows you these words in full sentences, so you avoid awkward moments on holiday.
Ser or estar, por or para: these choices are learnt by use rather than by rules. Translating everyday sentences builds the right reflexes, and writing them teaches you where accents, “¿” and “¡” go.
What you learn, level by level
Piquoli follows the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). You start with the essentials and move up at your own pace.
The basics: introducing yourself, greetings, numbers, colours, family, food, home.
Everyday life: shopping, travelling, health, work, weather, asking the way.
Levels B1, B2 and C1 are already written and arrive with the updates, at no extra cost.
Ten minutes a day, the right way
Learning a language is not an hour of revision on Sunday: it is a little every day. Piquoli is built for that. A game lasts a few minutes, the daily goal tells you when you have done enough, and your day streak makes you want to come back tomorrow.
Behind the games, spaced repetition decides what you review: a missed word comes back soon, a well-known word comes back less and less. You spend your time on what you do not know yet, not on what you already know.
Each word is practised in several ways: reading it, hearing it, recognising it, writing it, using it in a sentence. That variety is what makes it stick for good.
6 games to learn Spanish
Flashcards
Spaced repetition: the words you find hard come back more often, the ones you know come back less.
Matching game
Match each word with its translation, as fast as you can.
Sentences
Build or write the translation of everyday sentences.
Listening
Hear a word and find it: to train your ear to the pronunciation.
Dictation
Listen to a sentence and write it without mistakes.
Memory
Find the word / translation pairs in as few moves as possible.
Questions about learning Spanish
How long does it take to learn Spanish with Piquoli?
With ten minutes a day, the essential words of level A1 stick quickly. Piquoli currently covers from level A1 to A2: enough to hold a simple everyday conversation.
Can I learn Spanish for free?
Yes: the “Basics” and “Colours” themes are free forever, and the 7-day trial opens all of Piquoli, with no card needed. After that, the subscription starts at €2.99 a month.
Does Piquoli replace a Spanish course?
Piquoli is ideal for vocabulary, listening and everyday sentences, and it works very well alongside a course or school: it makes you review every day what you would otherwise forget.
Start for free
The “Basics” and “Colours” themes are free forever, and the trial gives you 7 days of full access, with no card needed. On Mac, Windows, or straight in your browser.
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