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Beginners Spanish Podcast - Spanglish Friends

Beginners Spanish Podcast - Spanglish Friends

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The podcast for 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 beginner Spanish learners! New episodes weekly 🏆2026 Goodpods Top 50 Podcasts for Teaching 🏆2025 Spotify Instant Hit Show + Most Talked About & Shared Show The 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 podcast hosted in 95% English. Super slow Spanish, with explanations from a native English speaker that actually make sense Co-hosted by experienced Spanish teacher Val from Venezuela & and Em, Australian native English-speaker who has spent the last 10 years learning Spanish from scratch Follow us on socials Instagram and TikTok @Spanglish_Friends 🥳Welcome to the Spanglish Friends community!Spanglish Friends Language Learning
Episodes
  • How to Talk About Your Daily Routine in Spanish | Reflexive Verbs for Beginners
    Mar 20 2026

    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: spanglishfriendspodcast@gmail.com

    📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: spanishlessonsbyval@gmail.com

    🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

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    14 mins
  • How to Go Grocery Shopping in Spanish | Supermarket & Checkout Phrases for Beginners
    Mar 13 2026

    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: spanglishfriendspodcast@gmail.com

    📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: spanishlessonsbyval@gmail.com

    🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

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    11 mins
  • How to Have Your First Conversation in Spanish | Introduce Yourself in Spanish for Beginners
    Mar 6 2026

    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: spanglishfriendspodcast@gmail.com

    📚 1-on-1 Spanish lessons with Val: spanishlessonsbyval@gmail.com

    🎶 Music by @scotairdmusic

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    16 mins
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