Here are five apps you can use to improve your Spanish:
1. Quizlet
Cost: Free
Type: Flashcard/Quiz
Quizlet is a great memorization tool. You can enter words in Spanish along with their English translation and the app will generate flash cards, type-in learning exercises, matching games, and tests. As a plus, Quizlet automatically recognizes the language in which your target words are (Spanish, in this case), and pronounces those words for you.
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2. Spanish Verb Conjugation, by Joseph Williamson
Cost: $4.99
Type: Quiz
This is a very straightforward app in which you can practice your present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, and subjunctive conjugations. You can use regular verbs only, or you can throw in some irregulars as well. (The app lets you select the specific verbs you want to work on, which makes it very useful for memorizing specific irregular conjugations.)
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3. WordReference
Cost: Free
Type: Dictionary
The world-famous online dictionary has an app as well. You can lookup words in English and Spanish and see all the possible translations in different contexts. WordReference is, as you probably know, a fantastic multilingual dictionary.
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4. Learn Spanish, by Greg Vick
Cost: Free
Type: Visual learning/Quiz
This is a good app for memorizing and practicing topic-specific vocabulary. Featuring a very simple design, the app divides words by themes, and accompanies them with photographs. It also lets you take quizzes in order to test your knowledge.
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5. Duolingo
Cost: Free
Type: Visual learning/Quiz
Probably the most famous language learning app currently in the market, Duolingo features a solid interface paired with a fantastic design, which makes learning vocabulary and verb conjugation effortless and entertaining. Highly recommended.
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The Joseph Williamson app is now free!
Ohh, I see…there is an upgrade for certain verb access. False alarm!
All the features (which I imagine are all the verbs you could ever want) cost $6.99. I went ahead and purchased it. Seems a good way to start Level 3 practice, which has a lot of new verbs!
Brainscape Spanish is excellent
Is Learn Spanish by Greg Vick an IOS app?
Hola Rositaelysa! Yes, it is! You can type “Learn Spanish” in the App Store and it should come up 🙂
I’ve been using SpanishDict as a dictionary. It gives context for words and examples for how they’re used in sentences. What do you all think of it?
Yes it has been my go-to for years! The SpanishDict app is great.