Daily Spanish — A New Mini Lesson Every Day
One real, bite-sized Spanish word, phrase, or idiom, published every day — come back tomorrow for a new one.
Every morning I pick one word or phrase I think you'll actually use — not textbook filler — and I write a little about it myself, right below each one.
— Graciela 🇪🇸
Ending an exchange warmly
Un placer
oon plah-SEHR — A pleasure
"— Gracias por todo. — Un placer."
— Thanks for everything. — My pleasure.
A short, natural way to close out a polite exchange — works equally well after meeting someone or after they've thanked you for a favor.
"How I like to end every single lesson, without fail."— Graciela
Previous lessons
Muchísimas gracias — Thanking someone properly
Day 63 · Politeness
Faltaría más — Saying "of course" graciously
Day 62 · Politeness
No pasa nada — Brushing off an apology
Day 61 · Politeness
Lo siento mucho — Apologizing sincerely
Day 60 · Politeness
¿Podrías...? — A softer way to ask for something
Day 59 · Politeness
Encantado/a — Meeting someone for the first time
Day 58 · Politeness
Con permiso — Squeezing past someone politely
Day 57 · Politeness
¿Te importa si...? — Checking before you do something
Day 56 · Politeness
¿Hay wifi? — The question every traveler asks first
Day 55 · Travel & Food
Ir de tapas — An evening plan, not a dish
Day 54 · Travel & Food
Una caña — Ordering a small beer like a local
Day 53 · Travel & Food
¿Cuánto tarda en llegar? — Estimating travel time
Day 52 · Travel & Food
Estoy perdido/a — Admitting you're lost
Day 51 · Travel & Food
¿A qué hora sale el tren? — Catching a train on time
Day 50 · Travel & Food
Soy vegetariano/a, sin gluten — Explaining dietary needs
Day 49 · Travel & Food
¿Qué me recomienda? — Asking for a recommendation
Day 48 · Travel & Food
Una mesa para dos, por favor — Getting a table
Day 47 · Travel & Food
¿Dónde está el baño? — Finding the bathroom
Day 46 · Travel & Food
Pedir vs. Preguntar — Two verbs for "to ask"
Day 45 · Grammar
Saber vs. Conocer — Two verbs for "to know"
Day 44 · Grammar
Qué vs. Cuál — Picking between qué and cuál
Day 43 · Grammar
Muy vs. Mucho — When to use muy and when to use mucho
Day 42 · Grammar
Por vs. Para — The shortcut for por vs. para
Day 41 · Grammar
Me gusta / Me gustan — Why gustar sometimes takes a plural verb
Day 40 · Grammar
Hay que — The impersonal "must/have to"
Day 39 · Grammar
Llevar + gerundio — Talking about how long you've been doing something
Day 38 · Grammar
Acabar de — Talking about something you just did
Day 37 · Grammar
Tener ganas de — The structure for "feeling like" doing something
Day 36 · Grammar
Ropa — A word about clothes, not knots
Day 35 · False Friend
Molestar — A word that sounds worse than it is
Day 34 · False Friend
Introducir — A word for introducing ideas, not people
Day 33 · False Friend
Recordar — A word about memory, not recording
Day 32 · False Friend
Asistir — A word about attending, not helping
Day 31 · False Friend
Realizar — A word about doing, not understanding
Day 30 · False Friend
Éxito — A word about winning, not leaving
Day 29 · False Friend
Sensible — A word about feelings, not judgment
Day 28 · False Friend
Constipado — A word about colds, not bathrooms
Day 27 · False Friend
Embarazada — The classic pregnancy mix-up
Day 26 · False Friend
Estar como una cabra — Describing someone a little wild
Day 25 · Idiom
Tomar el pelo — Joking around with someone
Day 24 · Idiom
Ser pan comido — Saying something is really easy
Day 23 · Idiom
Tirar la toalla — Giving up on something
Day 22 · Idiom
No tener pelos en la lengua — For someone who says exactly what they think
Day 21 · Idiom
Meter la pata — Admitting a mistake, casually
Day 20 · Idiom
Costar un ojo de la cara — For something painfully expensive
Day 19 · Idiom
Ponerse las pilas — Telling someone to get moving
Day 18 · Idiom
Dar la lata — For someone who won't stop nagging
Day 17 · Idiom
Estar en las nubes — For someone who's a bit spacey
Day 16 · Idiom
Echar de menos — Talking about missing someone
Day 15 · Everyday
Qué rollo — Complaining about something tedious
Day 14 · Everyday
A lo mejor — Hedging without committing
Day 13 · Everyday
Menos mal — A relieved sigh, in two words
Day 12 · Everyday
Ni idea — Admitting you don't know
Day 11 · Everyday
Ya está — Wrapping something up
Day 10 · Everyday
Vale la pena — Saying something is worth doing
Day 9 · Everyday
Genial — The all-purpose word for "awesome"
Day 8 · Everyday
Oye — Getting someone's attention, politely
Day 7 · Everyday
Qué tal — How's it going, casually
Day 6 · Everyday
Actualmente — The false friend that trips up nearly every English speaker
Day 5 · False Friend
Perdona / Perdone — Two words for "sorry" that aren't interchangeable
Day 4 · Politeness
Estoy hecho polvo — An idiom for when you're completely drained
Day 3 · Idiom
La cuenta, por favor — Asking for the bill without feeling rushed
Day 2 · Travel & Food
Vale — The word Spaniards say more than any other
Day 1 · Everyday