Curated resources to learn Spanish—with extra love for Latin American usage. PRs welcome!
Goals: high-quality, beginner-friendly, mobile-ready, and affordable resources. Prefer ad-light sites, clear pedagogy, and LATAM coverage.
- Pick one from each row: input (video/podcast), output (speaking/writing), reference (dictionary/grammar), and a spaced-repetition tool.
- Stay consistent: 20–40 min/day beats weekend marathons.
- Track progress: keep a tiny log; celebrate wins.
- Starter Pack
- Placement & Diagnostics
- Core Grammar & Reference
- Pronunciation & Phonetics
- Listening: Video & YouTube
- Listening: Podcasts
- Reading & News (LATAM)
- Vocabulary & SRS
- Speaking & Tutors
- Writing & Correction
- Tools: Conjugation, Dictionaries, Translators
- Courses & Curricula (Mixed)
- Communities
- Country Guides
- Contribute
- License
- Video: Dreaming Spanish (comprehensible input, LATAM + neutral)
- Reference: SpanishDict (definitions, conjugations, examples)
- Pronunciation: Forvo (crowd-sourced audio by natives)
- SRS: Anki (spaced repetition; add sentences, not isolated words)
- Speaking: iTalki / Preply (book 30-min LATAM sessions)
- Lengalia Level Test (quick CEFR estimate)
- Instituto Cervantes — Prueba de nivel (A1–C2 rough placement)
- SpanishDict Grammar Guide (clear, example-driven)
- StudySpanish.com (units, quizzes)
- Practica Español (exercises by CEFR level)
- Forvo (search any word; compare regional audio)
- University of Iowa — Sounds of Speech (Spanish)
- Dreaming Spanish — Website / YouTube
- Butterfly Spanish — YouTube
- Why Not Spanish — YouTube
- Spanish After Hours — YouTube search
- Easy Spanish — Website / YouTube
- Coffee Break Spanish
- Notes in Spanish
- Radio Ambulante (Latin America stories; intermediate+)
- News in Slow Spanish (LatAm) (learner-friendly news)
- BBC Mundo (international LATAM-focused news)
- El País — América
- El Deber (Bolivia — Santa Cruz)
- La Razón (Bolivia — La Paz)
- Anki (make your own sentence decks)
- ClozeMaster (contextual cloze practice)
- Readlang (turn web pages into graded vocab with SRS export)
- iTalki / Preply (book LATAM tutors; target Bolivian/Andean accents if desired)
- HelloTalk / Tandem (language exchange with natives)
- LangCorrect (post entries, get native corrections)
- iTalki Community (community Q&A and posts)
- Dictionaries & context: SpanishDict, WordReference, Reverso Context, Linguee
- Conjugation practice: Conjuguemos, Verbix
- Language Transfer — Complete Spanish
- FSI Spanish (Public Domain): LiveLingua archive
- MOOCs: Coursera (Spanish beginner), edX (Learn Spanish)
- Reddit: /r/Spanish, /r/LearnSpanish
- Spanish StackExchange
- Discord (server discovery): Search “Spanish” servers
Tips: start with a news site + radio/TV for daily input, add a slang/variation guide, then pick a YouTube/podcast with the accent you’re targeting.
- Variation & usage: RAE — Diccionario (DLE), FundéuRAE
- News / Media: RTVE Noticias, El País
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (ES)
- YouTube (Spain accent): Spanish with Juan
- Variation & usage: Diccionario del Español de México (DEM)
- News / Media: El Universal, Milenio, Canal Once
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (MX)
- YouTube (Mexican Spanish): Spanish & Go / YouTube
- Overview: Spanish in Bolivia (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: El Deber, La Razón
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (BO)
- Classes (Bolivian accent): Bolivia Spanish Live
- Overview: Spanish in Uruguay (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: El Observador, la diaria, El País (UY)
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (UY)
- Overview (Spanish & Jopara): Spanish in Paraguay, Jopara
- News / Media: ABC Color, Última Hora
- Language policy / Guaraní: Secretaría de Políticas Lingüísticas
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (PY)
- Overview: Spanish in Chile (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: La Tercera, 24Horas, BioBioChile
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (CL)
- Overview: Spanish in Cuba (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: Granma, Cubadebate, OnCubaNews
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (CU)
- Overview: Spanish in Panama (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: La Prensa, Telemetro, TVN Noticias
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (PA)
- Overview: Spanish in Peru (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: El Comercio, RPP Noticias, La República
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (PE)
- Overview: Spanish in Costa Rica (Wikipedia)
- News / Media: La Nación, Teletica, CRHoy
- Slang/colloquial: Jergas de habla hispana (CR)
We welcome PRs! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines (categories, link style, quality bar) and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.
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