Spanish · Work and office
“Estoy en una reunión”, “El plazo es el viernes”, “Te envío el archivo” – call and mail Spanish, not exam Spanish.
Listen to Spanish and read along
Sentence 1 of 40
English
The meeting starts at ten.
Spanish
La reunión empieza a las diez.
Listening helps you recognize phrases. Fluency still comes from real input – especially reading.
Work Spanish lives in short routines: you are on mute, the deadline is Friday, please forward that. Beginner lists skip this register. This session reads the lines that show up on video calls.
English once, Spanish on repeat. “¿Puedes resumirlo brevemente?” stays a question with intonation, not four vocabulary items.
Camera, mute, screen share, cancelled meeting, overtime, done for the day, holiday next week. Clear office Spanish, not legal jargon.
The sentences work in Spain and Latin America. Remote work is “en remoto” here, not a calque from English.
Heard formulas help when you skim a Spanish mail. You will meet “adjunto el archivo” in sentences this list does not contain.
LingoGist keeps the phrase in the original. The Spanish guide shows how to save it instead of only repeating audio.
Press play. Each sentence appears large, first in your language, then in Spanish.
Slow the target language, add repetitions, or leave a pause between sentences – all directly under the player.
Once the sentences feel familiar, open real articles with the Chrome extension and meet the same phrases in context.
It mixes tú in team lines and usted in “¿Puede reenviarlo?”. Match the company’s register on the job.
Only at the edges. It trains office routines, not “tell me about a challenge”. That needs real talk and reading.
Many teams switch. When the call flips, you need “micrófono apagado” and “comparto la pantalla”, not another hello list.
40 fixed phrases such as “¿Cómo estás?” and “No entiendo” – English first, then Spanish, as often as you like.
From “¿Dónde está el aeropuerto?” to “¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?” – lines you actually need at the counter.
Ordering coffee, the bill, the weather, “Te llamo más tarde” – sentences for a normal day, not an exam.
“Una mesa para dos”, “¿Qué recomienda?”, “Para llevar” – sentences that show up in restaurants, not exams.
“Tengo dolor de cabeza”, “Necesito una receta”, “¿Dónde está la farmacia?” – sentences you want in place before you need them.
Install LingoGist for free, open an article in Spanish, and translate expressions in context – not as an isolated list.
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