Learn Spanish the way the evidence says works.
One roadmap ordered by hours instead of vague "levels": what to listen to, which grammar to learn when, how many words you need, and when to start speaking. Built on comprehensible input, spaced repetition and early, low-pressure speaking.
The roadmap, the grammar course, pronunciation and resources are free forever. The practice tools have a free daily allowance; Pro removes it for one payment of $12.
Generated from your logged hours, your minutes per day and your tutor schedule. Part of Pro.
Most people fail at Spanish because they spend their hours on the wrong things.
Memorising conjugation tables before you can understand a sentence. Chasing an app streak that never gets past "the cat drinks milk." This site puts the hours where acquisition actually happens, and tells you honestly how many there are.
Comprehensible input first
Listening and reading you understand 80 to 95% of is the engine. Half to two thirds of your time, at every stage, with sources named for each one.
Frequency-first vocabulary
The top 1,000 words cover about 85% of everyday speech. Learn them in order with spaced repetition and the rest arrives from input.
Grammar as a map
Read one short unit just before you need it, so you notice the pattern in real Spanish. Fifty-three units, each with the trap English speakers fall into.
Speak early, not first
A tutor from about 60 to 100 hours, once you can follow simple speech. How to choose one, how to use one, what to do when a session goes badly.
Pronunciation in week one
Five vowels, a tapped r, two stress rules. Twenty minutes now saves years of a fossilised accent, and it makes listening easier.
Count hours, not streaks
B1 around 400 hours, B2 around 700. The tracker logs every session, estimates your level and projects your finish date at your real pace.
Everything you need, in one place, in the right order.
The roadmap free
Seven stages with hour ranges, how to split each study hour, the grammar and vocabulary targets, the resources for that stage, milestone checklists and a clear "move on when" test.
The grammar course free
From gender and articles to the subjunctive and beyond, in the order you will meet them. Quizzes at the end of each block save your best score.
Pronunciation and vocabulary free
Every sound that differs from English with play buttons, twenty cognate rules worth 1,500 words, the false friends that embarrass people, and how to run Anki properly.
The practice app free + Pro
Conjugation trainer, dictation, 200-word flashcards, a progress tracker with a projected finish date, and a plan generator that turns your minutes per day into a weekly schedule.
Curated resources free
The short list that is actually worth your hours: input, courses, podcasts by level, reading, tutors, tools, exams, and series and films by level.
Pro extras Pro
Unlimited drills and cards, a printable 90-day planner, Anki decks with all 1,890 conjugations and the 200 words, backups across devices, lifetime updates.
How long it really takes
Cumulative hours of focused study and input, and what you can do at each point. Individual variation is large; these are medians, not promises.
| Level | Cumulative hours | What you can do | At one hour a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | ~80 | Introduce yourself, order food, ask directions, understand slow speech made for learners. | about 3 months |
| A2 | ~200 | Talk about your day, your past weekend and your plans; follow beginner podcasts; read graded readers. | about 7 months |
| B1 | ~400 | Hold 30-minute conversations, tell stories, express opinions, handle travel and daily life. | about 13 months |
| B2 | ~700 | Follow native TV mostly without subtitles, argue a point, work in Spanish with some effort, read novels. | about 2 years |
| C1 | ~1,100 | Understand fast, slangy, regional speech; write well; catch humour; pass the DELE C1. | about 3 years |
- The full seven-stage roadmap with milestone checklists
- All 53 grammar units and their quizzes
- Pronunciation guide with audio, vocabulary guide, cognate and false-friend tables
- Curated resources and the FAQ
- Practice app with a daily allowance: 15 conjugation prompts, 5 dictation sentences, 20 flashcards
- Progress tracker for your first 10 sessions
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited conjugation drills, dictation and flashcards
- Unlimited progress tracking with level estimate and projected finish date
- Plan generator: your minutes per day turned into a weekly schedule and a 12-week outlook
- Printable 90-day planner
- Anki decks: 1,890 conjugation cards and the 200-word deck, both directions
- Backup and restore across devices
- All future updates, 30-day money-back guarantee