Learn Spanish for Beginners A0-A1 | Daily News Class in Simple Spanish, Explained in English

Learn Spanish from zero, with real news, every morning. One short class a day in slow, simple Spanish at A0-A1, explained line by line in English, with a free full transcript. Read today's lesson sheet: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish WHAT YOU GET A new class every morning. One real story from the day's news, said slowly in Spanish, then taken apart word by word with the English beside it. Every episode has its own page with the full Spanish transcript, the English translation beside it, the day's vocabulary, one grammar point and a short quiz. Every episode is also a video. If your podcast app is not showing it, watch on https://linguawire.com/class/spanish If you have never studied Spanish, start with today's episode. There is no order to catch up on. If you have been looking for a Spanish course for beginners built on real material rather than scripted dialogues, this is it. WANT A FIXED COURSE INSTEAD? Day One goes from zero to your first news bulletin in four weeks: https://linguawire.com/dayone/spanish NOT SURE THIS IS YOUR LEVEL? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills, so you know what to work on next: https://linguawire.com/assessment WHEN THE CLASS STARTS TO FEEL SLOW The same news, without the lesson around it, at A1, A2 and B1+. Search LINGUAWIRE Spanish A1. MORE FROM LINGUAWIRE The language guide: https://linguawire.com/guide Every language and level: https://linguawire.com/podcasts Also in German, French, Italian and Portuguese. If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 22h ago

    The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against the ICC | Beginner Spanish class Nº069

    Today's story: The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against the ICC. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: El gobierno de Trump prepara sanciones contra la CPI (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:33) Three more stories today (01:40) Today's headline, slowly (02:25) Block in the present (03:07) Something may happen soon (03:50) Access to things (04:21) Today's grammar point (04:58) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-21 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT El gobierno de Trump prepara sanciones contra la CPI Las sanciones pueden bloquear casi todas las operaciones con la CPI. La CPI es la Corte Penal Internacional. Reuters dice que el anuncio puede llegar pronto. The Wall Street Journal dice que una decisión puede estar lista esta semana. Las sanciones pueden cortar el acceso al dinero, a los bienes y a los servicios de personas y empresas de Estados Unidos. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE El jefe de Anthropic pide frenar la IA para que China no alcance a EE. UU. Mourinho protesta por el arbitraje tras el derbi Trump prepara una semana de ONU y Xi en Estados Unidos WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (bloquear) - vocabulary (Corte Penal Internacional) - vocabulary (puede llegar) - vocabulary (esta semana) - vocabulary (acceso) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 2d ago

    Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House | Beginner Spanish class Nº067

    Today's story: Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: Trump prohíbe a CNN, MS NOW y Politico en la Casa Blanca (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:31) Three more stories today (01:38) Today's headline, slowly (02:27) Losing something (03:10) Saying no (04:03) Testing freedom (05:03) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-19 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT Trump prohíbe a CNN, MS NOW y Politico en la Casa Blanca El viernes, tres medios perdieron acceso a la Casa Blanca. Trump critica a menudo las noticias sobre él. No dio detalles sobre la medida. En febrero de 2025, dejó fuera a periodistas de Associated Press. La decisión pone a prueba la libertad de prensa en Estados Unidos. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Trump dice que EE. UU. acuerda seguridad con Dinamarca sobre Groenlandia JP Morgan, banco de inversión de Estados Unidos, tiene dudas sobre el petróleo Investigadores de seguridad de IA de Hacktron AI usan Claude para entrar en ChatGPT WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (perder) - vocabulary (a menudo) - vocabulary (No) - vocabulary (periodistas) - vocabulary (pone a prueba) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 3d ago

    The UN sees possible war crimes in US attacks in Iran. | Beginner Spanish class Nº066

    Today's story: The UN sees possible war crimes in US attacks in Iran.. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: La ONU ve posibles crímenes de guerra en ataques de EE. UU. en Irán. (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:34) Three more stories today (01:36) Today's headline, slowly (02:24) Publicar in the present (03:02) A target of an attack (03:49) Giving a date (04:48) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-18 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT La ONU ve posibles crímenes de guerra en ataques de EE. UU. en Irán. La misión publicó un informe el jueves. El informe habla de dos ataques en Irán. Uno fue contra una escuela en Minab, en el sur de Irán. El otro fue contra un centro deportivo en Larned. El informe da una fecha para el ataque a la escuela: el 28 de febrero. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE El Banco de Inglaterra mantiene los tipos al 3,75%. Mark Rutte pide un camino claro para más gasto en defensa en Inglaterra. Anthropic dice que detectó un intento de ataque con IA ligado a Irán en Estados Unidos. WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (publicar) - vocabulary (dos ataques) - vocabulary (contra) - vocabulary (centro deportivo) - vocabulary (fecha) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. 4d ago

    The US House of Representatives passed a sanctions bill against Russi | Beginner Spanish class Nº065

    Today's story: The US House of Representatives passed a sanctions bill against Russia and Iran.. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó un proyecto de sanciones contra Rusia e Irán (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:34) Three more stories today (01:28) Today's headline, slowly (02:21) Terminar in the present (02:52) Who receives help (03:41) Avoiding a gap (04:21) Today's grammar point (04:58) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-17 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó un proyecto de sanciones contra Rusia e Irán La votación final terminó el miércoles por la noche con 262 votos a favor y 159 en contra. El texto pone sanciones a Rusia y a las personas que la ayudan en la guerra en Ucrania. Las sanciones afectan a políticos, banqueros y barcos rusos. El proyecto también evita un vacío en las sanciones contra Irán. Después, la Cámara envió el proyecto al presidente Donald Trump. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Apple prepara un servidor de IA con chips Ultra Brighton gana al Manchester United en la Copa Carabao El Banco de Inglaterra espera dejar los tipos sin cambios WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (terminar) - vocabulary (la) - vocabulary (barcos rusos) - vocabulary (vacío) - vocabulary (Después) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. 5d ago

    John Healey is speaking in Canada about a new defence bank | Beginner Spanish class Nº064

    Today's story: John Healey is speaking in Canada about a new defence bank. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: John Healey habla en Canadá sobre un nuevo banco de defensa (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:33) Three more stories today (01:33) Today's headline, slowly (02:19) Meeting people (03:07) Money for defence (04:02) Meeting again (05:03) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-16 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT John Healey habla en Canadá sobre un nuevo banco de defensa John Healey se reunió dos veces con el ministro de finanzas de Canadá hace dos semanas. Canadá ha invitado al Reino Unido a ser miembro fundador. El banco quiere dar dinero para defensa. Según una fuente, puede ayudar al Reino Unido a pagar proyectos de defensa con menos coste. Los dos hombres deben verse otra vez en el Reino Unido esta semana. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE El gobierno británico estudia entrar en el DSRB Trump, presidente de EE. UU., recibe presión en el Congreso por la IA Liverpool gana a Spurs y avanza a la cuarta ronda WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (reunirse) - connector words (ha invitado) - vocabulary (quiere) - vocabulary (con menos coste) - vocabulary (deben) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. 6d ago

    Valve, a games company launches Steam Frame | Beginner Spanish class Nº063

    Today's story: Valve, a games company launches Steam Frame. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: Valve, empresa de juegos, lanza Steam Frame (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:31) Three more stories today (01:40) Today's headline, slowly (02:27) Present tense forms (03:15) Using the device (03:53) Price words (04:24) Today's grammar point (05:03) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-15 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT Valve, empresa de juegos, lanza Steam Frame Valve lanza Steam Frame y el modelo de 1 TB cuesta 1.089 libras. El casco es ligero y cómodo para llevar. Se puede usar con un PC para jugar. También se puede jugar en el propio aparato. La versión de 256 GB cuesta 889 libras. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Atletas critican un anuncio de Sydney Sweeney El Tribunal Supremo bloquea las reglas de Trump sobre el voto por correo Un convoy militar ruso entrega suministros a Tartous WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (lanzar) - vocabulary (cómodo) - vocabulary (usar) - vocabulary (propio) - vocabulary (cuesta) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Sep 14

    Russian drone hits a Ukrainian train near the border | Beginner Spanish class Nº062

    Today's story: Russian drone hits a Ukrainian train near the border. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: Dron ruso golpea un tren ucraniano cerca de la frontera (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:31) Three more stories today (01:47) Today's headline, slowly (02:33) Hit (03:20) People on the train (04:16) Injuries and being hurt (05:17) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-14 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT Dron ruso golpea un tren ucraniano cerca de la frontera El golpe fue en Yahodyn, cerca de la frontera con Polonia. La locomotora del tren recibió el golpe. Las autoridades dijeron que todos los pasajeros fueron evacuados. Boris Johnson y otros oficiales pasaron antes por la misma línea en otro tren. No hubo heridos. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Trump, presidente de EE. UU., resta importancia a frenar la IA Alexander Zverev, cabeza de serie, gana el US Open en Estados Unidos GM quiere hacer baterías domésticas en Estados Unidos WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (golpear) - vocabulary (recibió) - vocabulary (pasajeros) - vocabulary (pasaron) - vocabulary (hubo) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Sep 13

    Dario Amodei boss of Anthropic asks for AI to be slowed down | Beginner Spanish class Nº061

    Today's story: Dario Amodei boss of Anthropic asks for AI to be slowed down. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it. Today's headline in Spanish: Dario Amodei, jefe de Anthropic, pide frenar la IA (00:00) Welcome and today's headline (00:34) Three more stories today (01:37) Today's headline, slowly (02:29) Forms of pedir (03:02) Talking about risks (03:45) Having and agreeing (04:18) Agreeing in Spanish (05:20) The story again The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-13 TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT Dario Amodei, jefe de Anthropic, pide frenar la IA En un texto, Dario Amodei pidió más cuidado con la IA. Dijo que los riesgos son serios. También pidió mirar los modelos de IA mientras se hacen. Su plan tiene tres partes: revisión externa, reglas para el sector y reglas en todo el mundo. Sam Altman dijo que está de acuerdo. ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE Arsenal gana en Sunderland Trump dice que le gustaría ver una Irlanda unida Los directores de Anthropic y OpenAI piden frenar la IA WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES - verb (pedir) - vocabulary (riesgos) - connector words (mientras) - vocabulary (tiene) - vocabulary (de acuerdo) New to Spanish? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start. Not sure this is your level? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills: https://linguawire.com/assessment Grammar explained in plain English: https://linguawire.com/guide If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Learn Spanish from zero, with real news, every morning. One short class a day in slow, simple Spanish at A0-A1, explained line by line in English, with a free full transcript. Read today's lesson sheet: https://linguawire.com/class/spanish WHAT YOU GET A new class every morning. One real story from the day's news, said slowly in Spanish, then taken apart word by word with the English beside it. Every episode has its own page with the full Spanish transcript, the English translation beside it, the day's vocabulary, one grammar point and a short quiz. Every episode is also a video. If your podcast app is not showing it, watch on https://linguawire.com/class/spanish If you have never studied Spanish, start with today's episode. There is no order to catch up on. If you have been looking for a Spanish course for beginners built on real material rather than scripted dialogues, this is it. WANT A FIXED COURSE INSTEAD? Day One goes from zero to your first news bulletin in four weeks: https://linguawire.com/dayone/spanish NOT SURE THIS IS YOUR LEVEL? Our free Spanish level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills, so you know what to work on next: https://linguawire.com/assessment WHEN THE CLASS STARTS TO FEEL SLOW The same news, without the lesson around it, at A1, A2 and B1+. Search LINGUAWIRE Spanish A1. MORE FROM LINGUAWIRE The language guide: https://linguawire.com/guide Every language and level: https://linguawire.com/podcasts Also in German, French, Italian and Portuguese. If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other Spanish learners find us. Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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