For learners who know the basics A2
You've learned the basics, but real Spanish still goes by too fast. Habloro gives you short stories from everyday life in Mexican Spanish, read aloud, about three minutes each — and keeps the words you didn't know until they stick.
Sound familiar?
“I know a lot of words, but when people talk, I'm lost.”
Every story is read aloud while you follow the text, sentence by sentence, at a pace you can keep up with. When a sentence loses you, tap it and the translation appears. Bit by bit, Spanish stops being a blur.
“I learn new words — and they're gone by next week.”
Keep the words you didn't know with one tap. Each one comes back as a blank in the same sentence where you met it — tomorrow, then in 3, 7 and 21 days. You practice each word right where it lives — inside a real sentence.
“I don't have time for lessons.”
One story is about three minutes. Read it on a coffee break, or switch to Listen and hear it on your way to work. Practicing your words takes about a minute more.
“Textbook Spanish isn't what people around me speak.”
The stories are about neighbors, family dinners, wrong numbers and lost umbrellas — told in the Mexican Spanish you hear in real life, with translations in American English.
Try it now
This is the beginning of a real Habloro story, with its own voice. Press play and follow along. Tap a sentence when you need the translation, then tap a word you didn't know to keep it.
El número equivocado
The Wrong Number · first 9 of 30 sentences
Hace tres meses, una señora empezó a mandarme audios. En cada audio, ella me llama Mariana. Pero yo me llamo Paola, y no sé quién es la señora.
Tap any sentence to see the translation.
Each word comes back in its own sentence. Type it in.
The stories
Each story is a small, complete slice of life, with its own picture. Some end with a twist, some make you smile, some just feel true. Every one gives you a reason to get to the last line — and the Spanish comes with it.
How it works
That's the whole method. See the research behind each step on the science page.
Every sentence is read aloud as you follow the text. Prefer your ears? Switch to Listen and the story plays without text — even with your phone locked.
The translation stays hidden until you need it, so you try to understand first. Tap a sentence and its English appears under the paragraph.
Tap a word inside an open sentence to keep it. Nothing is added for you — only the words you choose.
Your word comes back as a blank in the sentence where you met it, and you type it in. Then again tomorrow, in 3, 7 and 21 days. Miss it, and it comes back sooner.
In the story
«Señora, perdón, creo que tiene el número equivocado.»
“Ma'am, sorry, I think you have the wrong number.”
Tomorrow, in practice
«Señora, perdón, creo que tiene el número .»
“Ma'am, sorry, I think you have the wrong number.”
Why it works
We didn't invent a trick. Habloro puts together a few ideas that language and memory research has tested for years — and we're honest about how strong each one is.
People understand and remember stories better than informational texts, and language learners pick up more new words from them. Sources
Readers who can check what a word means while reading learn clearly more words than readers without that help.
Pulling a word out of memory — like typing it into a blank — makes it last far longer than reading it again.
Practice spread over several days works better than doing it all at once, for language learners too.
Habloro is coming soon to the App Store for iPhone.
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