Ben Curtis and Marina Diez

Real Spanish Conversations, by Notes in Spanish

Ben and Marina from Notesinspanish.com bring you the real Spanish you'll never find in a textbook or app, so you have amazing real life experiences with your Spanish!

Author

Ben Curtis and Marina Diez

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.notesinspanish.com

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Can You Understand This Real Spanish? (3-Min. Challenge) 25.11.2025

This is the key to real fluency, listen now to find out more... Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Black Friday Special on our Courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/?utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=libsyn&utm_campaign=libsyn&utm_content=libsyn

6 Real Spanish Uses of Llevar You Must Know 13.11.2025

You need to be using these great phrases with Llevar to get so much better at Spanish. Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Reach Advanced Fluency with our Courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

How to Speak Spanish Fluently (Even If You Still Make Mistakes) 06.11.2025

Maybe your Spanish reading is OK, but your speaking… not quite where you want it to be? Today we'll fix that - with the tips and tricks that changed Ben's Spanish fluency forever. Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Reach Advanced Fluency with our Courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

How to Understand Fast Spoken Spanish (Even Native Speakers!) 28.10.2025

It may seem impossible at times, but you can understand fast Spanish native speakers, and in today's episode we'll tell you exactly how to do it. Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Reach Advanced Fluency with our Courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Stop Saying "Hola, ¿Qué Tal?" - 10 Real Spanish Conversation Starters 28.10.2025

These will help you fit in from the get-go with native Spanish speakers! Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Reach Advanced Fluency with our Courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

10 Spanish False Friends To Never Get Wrong! 14.10.2025

You need to know these Spanish false friends to avoid potential disaster! Free '15 Spanish Slang Phrases Every Intermediate Learner Must Know!' report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Go from Intermediate to Fluent with our R.E.A.L. Intermediate course: https://www.notesinspanish.com/sp/notes-in-spanish-real-intermediate/

8 Hacks That Will Kickstart Your Spanish 24.09.2025

Use these 8 top tips to get fluent once and for all! Free '8 Greatest Secrets to Fast Spanish Fluency' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn authentic everyday Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

4 Spanish Slang Verbs Every Intermediate Learner MUST Know 18.09.2025

Use these 4 slang Spanish verbs and you'll fit in instantly with the locals! Free '8 Greatest Secrets to Fast Spanish Fluency' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn authentic everyday Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Stop Saying 'Bien'! Spanish People Actually Say THIS 04.09.2025

"Are you still answering "¿Qué tal?" with just "bien"? Today we're showing you the phrases Spanish people actually use every day to reply to the world's biggest question. Free '8 Greatest Secrets to Fast Spanish Fluency' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn authentic everyday Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

6 Phrases To Instantly Sound Spanish 03.09.2025

Learn and use these wonderful phrases to fit in with the locals when you speak Spanish. Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn authentic everyday Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Top 5 Spanish 'DAR' Phrases You NEED to Know! 22.08.2025

These great phrases with dar will make you instantly sound really authentic in Spanish! Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn authentic everyday Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Learn Spanish: Are You an Autodidact? (Real Conversation) 14.08.2025

Today, learn great colloquial Spanish… while talking about famous self-taught people and our love for self-guided learning Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Real Spanish in Spain's Wildest Region — Aragón 04.08.2025

Join us on an amazing hike to a high peak in one of Spain's best kept secrets, Aragón. Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Our Perfect Spanish Escape: Granada! 22.07.2025

We spend most of the year in Madrid, and escape to the Spanish Pyrenees in the summer, but there is one place that beats them all when it comes to our perfect Spanish escape... Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

Beach, Paella, and a Medusa Sting! Real Spanish Life on the Costa Brava 07.07.2025

Is this the greatest coast in Spain? From a quite beach north of Tossa del Mar, we share some hairy wildlife adventures and stunning aguas cristalinas… Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn Spanish with our courses: https://www.notesinspanish.com/store-home/

In Search of España Profunda: Did We Find It? 27.06.2025

Everyone talks about "España profunda"… that mysterious land where time stands still, bars still serve chorizo with everything, and nobody's in a rush. But what is it really? And does it actually exist? We hit the road - starting right outside the house where Cervantes was born - to try and find out. Free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Learn Sp...

Where To Get Free Tapas in Spain — And How It Works! 13.06.2025

Where do you get free tapas in Spain - and how does this delicious system work? Do you get free tapas here in Madrid? At the end of this video we visit a terraza and do the test - will we get free food or not? Get our free "How to get fluent in Spanish fast" report: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Get fluent faster with the Spanish courses for all levels in our store: https://www.notesin...

Hot Summer Spanish - The Heat Arrived! 28.05.2025

Today we discuss the amazing change in everything - sleep, food, work, social life - now the heat has suddenly arrived, from a stunning location in Madrid. Vocab listed below. Get the special monthly bonus in our amazing Whole Enchilada bundle: https://www.notesinspanish.com/sp/the-whole-enchilada/ Join our newsletter here: https://www.notesinspanish.com/newsletter/ Listen to our Spanish-learning...

How to Double Your Spanish Fluency 14.05.2025

Get our free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Today we tell the story of Ben's trip to Toulouse and how what he did there will double your Spanish fluency! Watch out for our Notes in Spanish Coach Launch Tomorrow! Join our newsletter here: https://www.notesinspanish.com/newsletter/ Listen to our Spanish-learning podcasts for all levels here: http...

Meeting the Family in Spanish! 08.05.2025

Today we tell the story of when we each met each other's families for the first time - it was quite the headache! Join our newsletter and get our free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/newsletter/ Listen to our Spanish-learning podcasts for all levels here: https://www.notesinspanish.com/spanish-audio/ Get fluent faster with the worksheets for all podcast le...

Best Places to Visit in Spain and More Q and A 24.04.2025

Get our Whole Enchilada Pack with 20%-Off: https://www.notesinspanish.com/sp/the-whole-enchilada/ Today we answer your great questions on where to go in Spain, how to study better, are the Spanish not polite enough, how to remember vocab, and much more! Get our free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Join our newsletter: https://www.notesinspanish....

Challenge Your Spanish For Faster Fluency! 16.04.2025

Get our free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Today we tell the story of an amazingly challenging and exciting trip, and how you can challenge your Spanish for maximum fluency progress! Listen to our Spanish-learning podcasts for all levels here: https://www.notesinspanish.com/spanish-audio/ Get fluent faster with the worksheets for all podcast l...

The Real Spanish Experience Livestream! 02.04.2025

Join us Live for an amazing Spanish Deep Dive with top Fluency Tips, a real Spanish conversation, Q and A and much more! Get "The Inner Circle Collection" here: https://www.notesinspanish.com/sp/inner-circle-collection/ Get our "How To Get Fluent Fast" PDF with famous Real Spanish Newsletter: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/

Spanish Listening = Fluency! Real Spanish Experience 1 31.03.2025

Get our free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ In this first part of our Real Spanish Experience workshop we look at how listening is key to faster fluency. Join part 2, our Real Spanish Experience Livestream on April 2nd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkl2yv_Rgpo Listen to our Spanish-learning podcasts for all levels here: https://www.notesinsp...

Real Spanish Excitement! 28.03.2025

Today we talk about an upcoming event and a trip, both of which have got us really excited! Get our free 'How to get fluent in Spanish fast' guide: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluent/ Join our Real Spanish Experience Livestream on April 2nd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkl2yv_Rgpo Listen to our Spanish-learning podcasts for all levels here: https://www.notesinspanish.com/spanish-audio/ G...

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