Huerta
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2,853
Words
The vocabulary you’ll actually use, everyday words first, each with an example and a memory hook.
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Learn Spanish that sticks, a few minutes a day
Vocabulary, grammar and every main verb tense in one app. Huerta teaches each in short lessons, brings it back just before you’d forget it, and decides what you do each day, so you don’t have to plan a thing. Be one of the first to try it.
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- 2,853 words
- 161 grammar points
- 370 verbs
- 175 stories
Reviews12 of 40
Type the Spanish
garden
el jardín
✓ Correct · back in a month
Memory hook: Jardín: a garden, like jardinière.
Everything in one place
No juggling a vocabulary app, a grammar book and verb tables. Huerta is the whole course, from your first word to upper intermediate.
161
Grammar points
Explained in plain English when you need them, then practised in real sentences.
10
Verb tenses
Present to subjunctive, and commands, across 370 verbs, practised one form at a time.
175
Stories
Short reads at your level, plus a serial story that opens a chapter at a time as you level up.
5
Spanishes
Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia or Chile: that country’s words, verb forms and accent.
1
Placement quiz
Already know some? A few minutes finds your level and skips everything before it.
You don’t have to do a thing
Open Huerta and press start. It decides what to teach you next, when each word, grammar point and verb form needs a review, and when you’re ready for the next level. No decks to build, no lists to plan, no schedule to keep. Just a few minutes a day.
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What makes Huerta different
You type the answer
No picking from four options. Recalling a word yourself is harder in the moment, and it’s what makes it stay. Small typos and missing accents are forgiven, and pointed out.
Reviews at the right moment
Each word comes back after 4 hours, then 8, a day, two days, a week, two weeks, a month and four months. Miss it and it comes back sooner; get it right enough times and it’s yours for good.
A memory hook for every word
Regalo, like regal: a gift fit for a king. Every one of the 2,853 words has a short hook, so it has something to hang on to.
Grammar and verbs built in
Grammar points and verb forms are reviewed just like words, so tendré and ser or estar get the same steady practice as la mesa.
Checked, not guessed
Every word, meaning and verb form is checked against independent dictionaries, and every sentence against a grammar checker, before it reaches you.
Your Spanish
Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia or Chile: the words, verb forms and accent of the Spanish you’re learning, with formal and informal words labelled.
How it works
Plant
A lesson teaches five new items: the word, its meaning, an example and a memory hook. A quick quiz plants them.
Water
Reviews come up when they’re due. Type the Spanish for the English, and the English for the Spanish. Right answers move a word along; misses bring it back sooner.
Grow
Words grow from Semilla (seed) to Brote, Raíz, Árbol and Cosecha, the harvest. Grow most of a level and the next one opens, with new stories to read at your level.
Start where you are
Already know some Spanish? A short placement quiz skips what you know. Or browse the words of each stage:
Spanish verb tables
The 50 verbs you’ll hear most, each in every common tense, with irregular forms highlighted and real example sentences.
Guides
Straight answers to the questions every learner asks, with examples and a quick quiz.
- A1–A2 · 5 min readSer vs estar: the rule that actually worksWhen to use ser and when to use estar in Spanish, with one simple rule, the exceptions that matter, real examples and a quick quiz.
- A2 · 4 min readPor vs para: one picture to tell them apartPor and para both mean “for”. Here’s how to choose: para looks ahead to a goal, por looks at the cause or the route. Examples and a quiz.
- A1 · 5 min readEl or la? How to tell a Spanish noun’s genderHow to tell if a Spanish noun is masculine or feminine: the endings that tell you, the exceptions (el día, la mano, el agua) and the habit that fixes it.
- A2 · 4 min readPreterite vs imperfect: the scene and the eventWhen to use the preterite and when to use the imperfect in Spanish: the background and the event, the words that signal each, endings and examples.
- B1 · 5 min readThe Spanish subjunctive, explained simplyWhen Spanish uses the subjunctive: wishes, hopes, feelings, doubt and “so that”. How to form it in three steps, the irregular verbs, and real examples.
- All levels · 5 min readHow to learn Spanish vocabulary so it actually sticksWhy Spanish words slip away, and five habits that make them stay: spaced repetition, recall, memory hooks, the right words first, and little and often.
Questions
Is Huerta free?
Yes: Huerta is free during early access, while we build it with its first learners. No account is needed; your progress is kept on your phone. Sign in only if you want it backed up and on more than one device.
What does early access mean?
Huerta is new, and you’d be one of its first learners. Everything works today, from A1 to B2. There’s a Report button on every question, and what early learners report gets fixed, usually within days.
Do I need anything else, like a grammar book or verb tables?
No. Huerta is a complete course in one place: vocabulary, grammar, every main verb tense and stories to read, from A1 to B2. It also decides what you study each day, so there’s nothing to plan or keep track of.
How long does it take a day?
Most days, 10 to 20 minutes: your reviews, plus a lesson of five new words when you’re ready. Huerta works out what’s due, so you never have to decide what to study.
Which Spanish does it teach?
You choose: Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia or Chile. You’re taught that country’s words (coche or carro), verb forms (vosotros, or vos in Argentina) and accent where your phone has a voice for it.
I already know some Spanish. Do I start at the beginning?
No. A short placement quiz finds your level and marks everything before it as known; those words come back gradually in your reviews, so anything shaky gets caught.
How is it different from flashcard apps?
With a flashcard app you build or download the cards and judge your own answers. Huerta is a whole course: words, grammar and verb forms in a set order, a memory hook for every word, and it checks what you type. If you know WaniKani, it works the same way for Spanish.
Do I need to download anything?
No. Huerta runs in your browser on any phone or computer. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app, and it keeps working offline.
Early access
Plant your first Spanish words today
Five words, a few minutes, no account. Be one of the first to grow a huerta.
Free during early access · works on any phone or computer