12/09/2026
👇🏻No textbook teaches you these…
🇪🇸but native speakers use them every single day.
Without them, something always sounds a little off, even when your grammar is perfect.
🟡 ¡Qué va! → natural way to deny or disagree with something
🟡 Venga → encouragement, reassurance (depends on context)
🟡 Tío/tía → informal, warm way to address someone (nothing to do with your uncle/aunt)
🟡 A ver → to look at something, to ask for an explanation (multiple uses)
🟡 Mola → something is cool, interesting or you really like it
🟡 No pasa nada → brushing something off, it’s not a big deal
🟡 Me da igual → showing indifference, you don’t mind either way
🟡 Estar hecho/a polvo → completely exhausted
Which one are you going to start using first?