Foreign Languages

Want to start speaking a foreign language with the words you would actually use first? These vocabulary quizzes cover Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese, building a real beginner foundation one everyday topic at a time.

French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Vocabulary

Each subject works the same friendly way, matching words to their English meanings and building topic by topic. You start with the basics everyone needs: greetings like bonjour (hello) in French or mucho gusto (nice to meet you) in Spanish, then colors, numbers, household items, travel words, and the question words that keep a conversation going.

From there the sets stretch into describing people, jobs, school, shopping, and telling time, so you steadily build a wide beginner vocabulary in whichever language you pick. Many quizzes go beyond plain matching, dropping a word into a full sentence or playing it aloud with no text on screen, which makes it sink in from more than one direction.

Foreign Language Vocabulary with Audio

Spelling rarely tells you how a word sounds, so every quiz includes audio of the term spoken aloud. Hearing the Italian frigorifero (refrigerator) or the Portuguese obrigado (thank you) makes its rhythm far easier to copy, and you start to recognize the word the moment a native speaker uses it at full speed.

The False Friends and Quirks to Watch

Every language hides a few traps, and the quizzes point them out as you go. In Italian, camera means a room, not a photo camera, and in Portuguese a livraria is a bookstore, not a library. Spanish leans on tiny accents, where cómo (how) asks a question but como (I eat) does not.

Little patterns help just as much as the warnings. Portuguese builds its weekday names from numbers, so Monday is segunda-feira (literally "second day"), and once you spot that kind of logic, a whole group of words falls into place at once.

Pick the language that is calling you, whether that is French, Spanish, or another language, and start with the free interactive vocabulary quizzes.

Spanish Vocabulary

You're standing in a market in a Spanish-speaking city, you want to ask the price, and the right words need to be ready. These Spanish vocabulary quizzes give you exactly those words, building a beginner's foundation topic by topic with audio throughout. Essential Spanish Vocabulary for Beginners Each quiz matches Spanish words to their English meanings, with later sets adding listening, spelling, and full sentences. You will learn question words like dónde (where), greetings such as mucho gusto (nice to meet you), home words like cocina (kitchen), colors, numbers, and the travel and business terms a trip or a job calls for. The sets stretch into describing people, jobs, school, nature, entertainment, and the tricky business of cognates and false friends. Earlier words spiral back in harder formats, so nothing you learn quietly slips away. Spanish Vocabulary with Audio Pronunciation Many quizzes include audio, so you hear each word spoken and match the sound to its spelling. Hearing a word like buenos días (good morning) said aloud helps you catch it when a native speaker uses it at full speed. Where a Single Accent Changes Everything A written accent does a lot of work in Spanish. Cómo (how) with an accent asks a question, while como (I eat, or like) without one does not, and the same goes for qué versus que. One word can stretch too, since techo covers both a ceiling inside and a roof on top. A handful of well-placed phrases changes how a trip feels, since people warm up fast when you make the effort, and because the sets cover the situations travelers meet first, you get an outsized payoff for a small amount of study. Watch for the false friends too, like estufa, which means stove across most of Latin America but a space heater in Spain, so the same word can point to two very different things depending on where you are. Start with the situation you will meet first, whether that is the market or the introductions, and try the free interactive Spanish quizzes.

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French Vocabulary

Here is a phrase that surprises new learners: s'il vous plaît is not a single word for "please" but literally means "if it pleases you." French vocabulary is full of little courtesies and quirks like that, and these quizzes cover the everyday words a beginner needs most. Essential French Vocabulary for Beginners Each quiz matches French words to their English meanings, building topic by topic. You will learn the rooms of a home like the salon (living room), greetings such as bonjour (hello), colors like rouge (red), travel words including gare (train station), and numbers from un (one) up to cent (one hundred). The sets reach into describing people, jobs, school, shopping, nature, and telling time too, so you steadily build a full beginner vocabulary. One quiz even drops you into a real ticket-counter conversation at a Paris station to test how much you follow when French comes at you naturally. French Words with Audio Pronunciation French spelling rarely matches how a word sounds, so every quiz includes audio of each term. Hearing a word like armoire (wardrobe) said aloud helps you say it correctly and recognize it the moment a French speaker uses it. Words With a Double Life Some French words quietly do two jobs. Papillon (butterfly) is also the word for a bow tie, because the shape of the tie looks just like a butterfly's wings, and feuille (leaf) is also the everyday word for a sheet of paper. The sets run from beginner to intermediate and mix question styles, so you read the French and find the meaning, then flip it to recall the French from the English, which makes the words sink in from both directions. Some quizzes even drop the text and play a word aloud, and earlier words keep returning in later sets, so nothing you learn quietly slips away. Pick the corner of French you want first, whether that is the home, the road, or the calendar, and try the free interactive French quizzes.

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Italian Vocabulary

You might expect "why" and "because" to be two separate words, the way they are in English. In Italian they are the same word, perché, and that kind of small surprise runs all through Italian vocabulary, which these quizzes cover topic by topic. Essential Italian Vocabulary for Beginners Each quiz works five words three ways, through matching, a fill-in-the-blank sentence, and a full translation. You will learn question words like dove (where), home words such as the frigorifero (refrigerator), colors like rosso (red), travel words including treno (train), and numbers from uno (one) to cento (one hundred). The sets stretch into describing people, jobs, school, shopping, business, nature, entertainment, and telling time, so you build a wide beginner vocabulary. Using each word in a sentence, not just matching it, is what helps it truly stick. Italian Words with Audio Pronunciation Italian is famously musical, and hearing it helps, so every quiz includes audio of each term. Listening to a word like frigorifero (refrigerator) makes its rhythm and stress far easier to copy, and it is almost always shortened to frigo in everyday speech anyway. The False Friends to Watch A few words look like English but mean something else. Camera (room) is a room, such as a hotel room, not a photo camera, and rivista (magazine) looks like "review" but simply means a magazine. A few of these words wear their history on their sleeve. Scrivania (desk) comes from scrivere (to write), so it literally means a writing surface, unlike a plain tavolo (table), and lavagna (board) borrows its name from an Italian town once famous for dark slate. Learning each topic in a small group keeps a wide vocabulary from piling up too fast, so by the end you can move from the kitchen to the train station to the office without reaching for English. Start with whichever slice of Italian life you want first, from the home to the train station, and try the free interactive Italian quizzes.

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Portuguese Vocabulary

Here is a fact that reorders the whole week: most Portuguese weekday names are built from numbers, so Monday is segunda-feira (literally "second day"). Quirks like that run through Portuguese vocabulary, and these quizzes cover the everyday words a beginner reaches for first. Essential Brazilian Portuguese Vocabulary Each quiz matches Portuguese words to their English meanings, topic by topic. You will pick up greetings like muito prazer (nice to meet you), colors such as azul (blue), household items like janela (window), travel words including aeroporto (airport), and numbers from zero (zero) up past cem (one hundred). The sets reach into describing people, jobs, school, shopping, telling time, and the question words that keep a conversation moving. Because these are things you say and see every day, the vocabulary tends to stick quickly. Brazilian Portuguese with Audio Pronunciation Reading a word is one thing; saying it well is another. Each quiz includes audio of the Portuguese, so you can copy the rhythm of a word like obrigado (thank you) instead of guessing how it should roll off your tongue. The Slips That Trip Up Beginners One classic false friend is livraria, which is a bookstore, not a library; the place you borrow books is a biblioteca. Numbers hold a small surprise too, since one hundred is cem on its own but shifts to cento the moment you add more, so one hundred ten is cento e dez. The sets stay close to the situations you actually meet, from checking into a hotel to finding the right platform or making small talk about the weather. Because the phrases come grouped by topic, you can focus on one slice of the language at a time instead of facing a long, jumbled list. One small reward of the numbers is spotting patterns, since Portuguese builds bigger figures by joining smaller words you already know with e (and). Brazilians warm up fast when you make the effort, so start with the phrases or numbers you will use most and try the free interactive Portuguese quizzes.

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