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For expats, digital nomads & travelers
Spanish for living and working in Latin America
Country-by-country guides for the real situations expats hit in their first 90 days — renting an apartment, opening a bank account, going to the doctor, dealing with delivery. Dialogues, vocabulary and local slang you'll actually use.
Spanish for Mexico
The Spanish you actually need to live and work in Mexico.
- Renting an apartment in Mexico
- Opening a bank account in Mexico
- Going to the doctor in Mexico
- Taking Uber and taxis in Mexico
Spanish for Colombia
Sound less gringo from week one in Medellín, Bogotá or Cartagena.
- Renting an apartment in Colombia
- Ordering at a tienda or panadería
- Ordering Rappi and dealing with delivery
- Taking Uber, Cabify and taxis in Colombia
Spanish for Argentina
Master voseo and lunfardo so you sound less like a tourist in Buenos Aires.
- Renting an apartment in Argentina
- Ordering at a café in Argentina
- Going to the doctor in Argentina
- Taking Uber and taxis in Argentina
Spanish for Costa Rica
Learn tico Spanish and the pura vida rhythm before you land in San José.
- Renting an apartment in Costa Rica
- Ordering at a soda in Costa Rica
- Going to the doctor in Costa Rica
- Taking Uber and taxis in Costa Rica
Spanish for Chile
Tame the fastest Spanish in LATAM — chilenismos, weón, and all.
- Renting an apartment in Chile
- Uber, Metro and colectivos in Chile
- Going to the doctor in Chile
- Uber and taxis in Chile
Spanish for Peru
Clear Andean Spanish for Lima, Cusco and Arequipa — without sounding like a tourist.
- Renting an apartment in Peru
- Ordering at a cevichería in Peru
- Uber and taxis in Peru
- Going to the doctor in Peru
Spanish for Dominican Republic
Caribbean Spanish with the volume turned up — and the 's' turned down.
- Renting an apartment in the Dominican Republic
- Buying at the colmado
- Motoconcho, Uber and taxis in the DR
- Going to the doctor in the Dominican Republic
Spanish for Nicaragua
Insider Spanish from our founders' home country — voseo nica, dale pues, and all.
- Renting an apartment in Nicaragua
- Ordering at a fritanga
- Taxis and getting around Nicaragua
- Going to the doctor in Nicaragua