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100 most common Spanish words (with English translations)
The 100 most used words in spoken Spanish, taken from film and TV subtitles, with English translations and what the list says about the language.
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Pollyfriends character
Renata Solís
Grammar, cognates and vocabulary
Mexico CityWrites about Spanish
A Pollyfriends character. A bilingual teacher from Mexico City, raised in Mixcoac, who lived abroad for nine years. She explains Mexican Spanish slowly, with everyday examples, and laughs at her own slip-ups in English.
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