Learn Spanish through stories on topics you love
Read, listen, then talk it over.
Talewell is a Spanish app for adults: stories about things you like, A1 to B2, and an AI partner from Spain or Mexico to talk them over with.
Pick what you like
Choose up to three topics you care about, like science, food, or psychology.
What do you like?
Pick up to three. Your stories and episodes will be about them.
- Science
- Nature
- Health & food
- Psychology
- Technology
- World & people
Read Spanish at your level
Short stories about what you like. Tap a word, or hold a phrase, to see what it means.
Spanish from Spain
La tortilla de patatas
En España, mucha gente come tortilla de patatas. Tiene huevos, patatas y aceite. ¿Con cebolla o sin cebolla?
En España, mucha gente come tortilla de patatas. Lleva huevos, patatas y aceite de oliva. Pero una pregunta divide a las familias: ¿con cebolla o sin cebolla?
La tortilla de patatas está en casi todas las casas de España. Se hace con huevos, patatas y aceite de oliva, pero hay una pregunta que divide a las familias: ¿con cebolla o sin ella?
La tortilla de patatas es uno de los platos más presentes en las casas españolas. Sus ingredientes básicos son huevos, patatas y aceite de oliva, aunque hay una cuestión que sigue dividiendo a las familias: ¿con cebolla o sin ella?
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Show English
In Spain, a lot of people eat potato tortilla. It has eggs, potatoes, and oil. With onion or without onion?
In Spain, a lot of people eat potato tortilla. It's made with eggs, potatoes, and olive oil. But one question splits families: with onion or without onion?
Potato tortilla is in almost every home in Spain. It's made with eggs, potatoes, and olive oil, but one question splits families: with onion or without it?
Potato tortilla is one of the most common dishes in Spanish homes. Its basic ingredients are eggs, potatoes, and olive oil, although one question keeps splitting families: with onion or without it?
Listen to Ramón and Diego
In each short episode, AI hosts Ramón and Diego look into one everyday question.
El perezoso: ¿cuánto duerme?
A1 · Ramón · Diego
- DiegoMi pregunta: ¿cuántas horas duerme un perezoso de tres dedos?My question: how many hours does a three-toed sloth sleep?
- RamónUy. Yo digo que veinte. ¿No?Oh. I’d say twenty. Right?
- Diego¿Es verdad que tiene algas en el pelo?Is it true that it has algae in its hair?
- RamónA ver… Aquí dice que crecen algas.Let’s see… It says here that algae grow.
The voices are AI-generated and the hosts are characters.
Talk it over with an AI partner
Ramón and Diego tell their stories, ask for yours, and help with your Spanish as you go. After the talk, you get a short summary of your fixes.
He leído lo de la tortilla. Para mí, sin cebolla no es tortilla: es huevo con patatas. Y vosotros en casa, ¿cómo la hacéis?
I read the bit about the tortilla. For me, without onion it isn't a tortilla. It's just eggs and potatoes. How do you all make it at home?
Sin cebolla. No soy de acuerdo contigo.
Without onion. I don't agree with you.
No estoy de acuerdo contigo.
With de acuerdo, Spanish uses estar, not ser.
Vaya. Mi mujer la hace con cebolla, como su madre, y en casa el tema está cerrado. ¿Y usted, por qué sin cebolla?
Well, well. My wife makes it with onion, like her mother did, and at our house that's settled. And you, why no onion?
Mi hijo no come cebolla.
My son doesn't eat onion.
Ah, entonces usted gana. Con niños en casa, no hay debate.
Ah, then you win. With kids at home, there's no debate.
¿Tortilla de papa? Te confieso algo: en mi casa, una tortilla es de maíz. ¿Ustedes la comen caliente o fría?
Potato tortilla? I'll be honest: at my house, a tortilla is made of corn. Do you all eat yours hot or cold?
Fría, en el trabajo. Es mi comida favorito.
Cold, at work. It's my favorite food.
Es mi comida favorita.
Comida is feminine, so the adjective is favorita.
¿Neta? ¿Fría? Yo digo que caliente. ¿Y qué le pones?
Really? Cold? I say hot. And what do you put in it?
Le pongo pimiento verde.
I put green pepper in it.
¿Pimiento verde? Órale, eso no lo sabía. Ni modo, tú ganas esta.
Green pepper? Whoa, I didn't know that one. Oh well, you win this one.
Practice your words
Words you save while reading and mistakes from your talks become cards.
More from this story
- los huevoseggs
- el aceite de olivaolive oil
- una preguntaa question
Bring cards from Quizlet or Anki
Role-play everyday situations
Practice a scene before you need it. You get a role, and Ramón plays the other part.
Your role: You're having lunch in Madrid with a friend.
- Get a table
- Order drinks
- Order something to eat
Buenas tardes. ¿Cuántos son?
Good afternoon. How many of you?
Somos dos. ¿Hay mesa en la terraza?
There are two of us. Is there a table on the terrace?
Sí, aquella del rincón. ¿Qué les pongo?
Yes, that one in the corner. What can I get you?
¿Puedo tener dos cañas y una ración de tortilla?
Can I have two small beers and a portion of tortilla?
¿Nos pone dos cañas y una ración de tortilla?
In a bar or restaurant in Spain, you order with ¿Me pone…? or ¿Nos pone…? Puedo tener is English "can I have," word for word.
Ahora mismo. La tortilla, ¿con cebolla o sin cebolla?
Right away. The tortilla: with onion or without?
Con cebolla, por favor.
With onion, please.
Find your level
Answer one question right here. The test then shows which texts you can read.
Questions go from A1 to B2. The test stops where it gets hard.
About 3 minutes, no email.
From the podcast · A1Question 1
Casi diez horas. No son veinte.
What does this mean?
Spain or Mexican Spanish? Both.
In one app. Every text and episode says which one it is.
 Spain · Ramón |  Mexico · Diego |
|---|---|
| 34 years at a Madrid front desk. Lost one parcel, in 2003. Still looking. | Checks urban legends for fun. His grandpa swears he was Pelé's ball boy in 1970. |
| vosotros | ustedes |
| patata | papa |
| ordenador | computadora |
Free to start, subscribe to talk every day
The app is free to download. A subscription opens a talk every day, role-play scenes and every story.
Free in the app
Every day
- Today’s story, to read or listen to
- Tap any word, save up to 5 new ones a day
- 3 review rounds a dayMeaning · By ear · Fill the gap · Word form · Recall · Fix the mistake · Say it out loud · Write it · Pairs
- One talk a week with Ramón or Diego, with a summary
Subscription
Everything free, plus
- Talk every day, by voice or textA fix under your line with Why?, a short summary after
- Role-play scenesA bar, the market, the doctor, a job interview, your own
- Every story and episode on your topics, also offline
- Review as much as you like
Regular price $16.99 Founding price $9.99 a monthRegular price $107.99 Founding price $64.99 a yearat launch, for as long as you stay subscribed
On this site now, no installLevel testA story at your levelPodcastPronunciation check
Coming to iPhone and Android. One email when it’s out.
Questions
What is the best app to learn Spanish?
It depends on your goal. For an exam, a course built for that exam fits better. If you want to read Spanish about things you like and then talk about it, that's what Talewell is for.
Is it free?
The app is free to download. Every day you get today’s story to read or listen to, 3 review rounds, and one talk a week with Ramón or Diego. A subscription opens a talk every day, role-play scenes, and every story and episode. We’ll confirm the price at launch. If you subscribe at launch, you get the founding price: 40% off the regular price, for as long as you stay subscribed. The level test, the texts, and the podcast on this website are free, with no sign-up.
Does Talewell teach Spain or Mexican Spanish?
Both. Talewell has Spanish from Spain and Mexican Spanish in one app, and every text and episode is labeled. For Spanish from Spain you talk with Ramón. For Mexican Spanish you talk with Diego, who is from Guadalajara.
Are Ramón and Diego real people?
No. They're AI characters: Ramón is the concierge of a building in Madrid, and Diego is from Guadalajara. They can make mistakes, and they aren't teachers.
When is it out?
There's no date yet. Leave your email under Notify me, and we'll send you one email when the app is out. It's coming to iPhone and Android.