MemDecks

English ↔ Spanish

Play your way into Spanish vocabulary

Build useful Spanish vocabulary through short challenges, visual prompts, and words connected to real situations—not a disconnected list.

A complete learning loop

From English word to Spanish recall

MemDecks turns the pieces of vocabulary learning into one playable loop.

  1. 01

    Meet

    See a useful word with a picture, its Spanish spelling, and audio.

  2. 02

    Choose

    Make quick recognition decisions and get immediate, forgiving feedback.

  3. 03

    Build

    Combine familiar words into harder phrase and recall challenges.

  4. 04

    Keep playing

    Save learned words to your collection and reuse them in other games.

What you get

What MemDecks supports for Spanish

Spanish is one of 16 study languages, each learned from English. Support depth differs between them; this is what Spanish has.

FeatureSpanish
ScriptLatin (Español)
TransliterationNot needed: Spanish is written in the Latin alphabet
AudioOn every card
Grammatical genderNoun cards carry their gender
Phrase Builder lessons12
Alphabet QuestNo
On-screen keyboardNot needed

Real lesson content

12 Spanish phrases you learn in Phrase Builder

Each Phrase Builder lesson teaches one phrase and the words inside it. These are the Spanish lessons as published.

EnglishSpanish
My mother and father have a house in the city.Mi madre y mi padre tienen una casa en la ciudad.
The child sees a black car on the road.El niño ve un coche negro en la carretera.
The girl is a student, and her friend is at school.La niña es estudiante y su amiga está en la escuela.
The girl wants to eat bread and cheese at home.La niña quiere comer pan y queso en casa.
The man gives the child a new book every year.El hombre le da al niño un libro nuevo cada año.
The family eats fresh food at the big table.La familia come comida fresca en la mesa grande.
The child drinks milk from a small white cup.El niño bebe leche de una taza pequeña y blanca.
The man makes pasta with chicken, vegetables, and oil.El hombre prepara pasta con pollo, verduras y aceite.
Today, the hungry child eats fish and rice for lunch.Hoy, el niño hambriento come pescado y arroz para el almuerzo.
The child knows the name of the young cook at the cafe.El niño sabe el nombre del joven cocinero del café.
The young cook boils eggs with salt for breakfast every day.El joven cocinero hierve huevos con sal para el desayuno todos los días.
At night, the young cook makes soup with meat and pepper for dinner.Por la noche, el joven cocinero prepara sopa con carne y pimienta para la cena.

Word by word

60 Spanish words those phrases teach

Every word below is shown in the form it takes in its phrase, so it may be inflected rather than the dictionary form. In the game each one comes with a picture and audio.

EnglishSpanish, as used in the phrase
havetienen
mothermadre
fatherpadre
housecasa
cityciudad
childniño
seeve
carcoche
blacknegro
roadcarretera
bees
girlniña
studentestudiante
friendamiga
schoolescuela
wantquiere
eatcomer
breadpan
cheesequeso
homecasa
giveda
manhombre
newnuevo
booklibro
yearaño
familyfamilia
freshfresca
foodcomida
biggrande
tablemesa
drinkbebe
milkleche
cuptaza
smallpequeña
whiteblanca
makeprepara
pastapasta
chickenpollo
vegetableverduras
oilaceite
todayHoy
hungryhambriento
fishpescado
ricearroz
lunchalmuerzo
knowsabe
namenombre
youngjoven
cookcocinero
cafecafé
boilhierve
egghuevos
saltsal
breakfastdesayuno
daydías
nightnoche
soupsopa
meatcarne
pepperpimienta
dinnercena

Useful starting points

Build vocabulary by situation

These are three of 21 topic packs. A pack feeds you new words one at a time, each translated into Spanish.

58 words

Greetings in Spanish

Use the greetings pack with Spanish words such as welcome, meet, friend, and tomorrow.

Preview the pack →

66 words

Travel vocabulary in Spanish

Use the travel pack for Spanish transport and accommodation words such as plane, train, hotel, and room.

Preview the pack →

125 words

Food vocabulary in Spanish

Use the food pack for everyday Spanish words such as apple, banana, orange, lemon, and grape.

Preview the pack →

Questions

Learning Spanish with MemDecks

Can I translate Spanish back into English?

Yes. The translator supports the English–Spanish learning pair in either direction while keeping Spanish as the study language.

Are there Spanish lessons, or only single words?

Both. Phrase Builder has 12 Spanish lessons, each built around one phrase and the words in it, and every word you save becomes a card other games can use.

Can I choose which words to study?

Yes. Translate and save your own useful words, or follow a themed word pack and practise those cards through the app.

Other languages

Guides for other study languages

See all 16 study languages and what each one has