Free Spanish learning resources
42 free resources, checked and categorised.
Every link is usable without paying. Some ask for a free account or keep extras behind a paid tier, and those are labelled.
Spanish gives beginners the fastest start of any major language for English speakers: the spelling is regular, so you can read aloud accurately almost immediately, and the shared Latin vocabulary means you begin with thousands of half-known words. Use that. Get through a course quickly rather than perfecting the first chapters.
The real work is later, and it is listening. Spoken Spanish is fast and syllable-timed, and native speed feels like a wall at exactly the point the grammar starts feeling easy. Start listening earlier than feels comfortable, and use material with transcripts so you can see what you missed.
Decide early whether you are aiming at Latin American or peninsular Spanish and weight your listening accordingly, because the differences are small in writing and considerably larger in speech. The subjunctive arrives around B1 and takes months to feel natural. That is normal, not a sign you have missed something.
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List of beginner-friendly Spanish short-story websites, with free children’s tales, fables, legends, and some audio narration for reading practice
Spanish courses in video or lesson format, including intensive bundles and topics like past tenses and colloquial speech, with enrollment links and login required for access
Free activities and exercises for practicing vocab, verbs, and grammar.
"Rather than boring grammar lessons, we provide free interesting listening experiences. By listening to our stories, culture explanations and games, you will get used to real Spanish as it's used in context, and develop a native-like intuition for the grammar and the vocabulary, together with a clear pronunciation. The videos try to be easy enough for a complete beginner to start picking up the language."
Spanish learning videos, podcasts, and exercises with beginner to advanced lessons, including an A1 playlist and relaxed real conversations from Barcelona and Mexico City
Free online Spanish course with 63 step-by-step lessons on grammar and vocabulary, intended for reading, writing, and lesson-by-lesson study
Blog articles and lesson pages on Spanish grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and speaking, with guides and learning tips across many topics
Self-paced Spanish course with AI language coach. Makes it easy to see your proficiency level grow with a visual pacing tracker called a "brainmap."
JavaScript Spanish verb conjugation trainer with practice for common and irregular verbs across several tenses, using example sentences and sign-in personalization
Free Spanish video lessons for beginners through advanced learners, plus information about in-person courses in Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and Cadiz
A Youtube Channel that has tons of videos on many topics regarding the Spanish Language.
Spanish-learning podcast episodes and courses with real conversations, plus free fluency tips and roadmaps for beginner through advanced learners
Podcast archive of over 100 short Spanish stories and retells for beginners, with episodes grouped by season and grammar focus
Fun comprehensible input videos for picking up vocab and grammar. The host Laura is funny and energetic, and her content is relatable.
Short Spanish children’s stories translated into Spanish and read by a native speaker, with text you can follow along in Spanish or English
Spanish-English dictionary. You can also learn grammar and create flashcards here.
Reference grammar for Spanish with authentic video examples and practice quizzes, covering adjectives, verbs, pronouns, nouns, and other core topics
Blog posts on Spanish vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and listening practice, often with transcripts, translations, and short exercises
A channel of a Spanish native speaker and teacher, preparing students for the DELE exam.
Video lessons for learning Spanish, with audio and video materials aimed at speaking, reading, writing, and listening from the first lesson
Hundreds of interactive Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and situation exercises with solutions, plus a verb trainer and conjugator covering beginner to advanced levels
YouTube channel with beginner Spanish video lessons and online course materials for learning to speak step by step
Archive of Spanish AVE classroom activities grouped by CEFR levels, with teacher sheets for reading, grammar, vocabulary, and course exercises to work through.
Archive of 192 Spanish-language comic books to read online or download, filterable by genre and date from the Golden and Silver Age
A monolingual dictionary by Real Academia Española, an institution that popularises the Spanish language all over the world.
Searchable dictionary of Mexican Spanish with advanced search, usage notes, and grammar aids like conjugation, spelling, prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations, and videos
YouTube video lessons for Spanish learners, organized by difficulty so you can watch comprehensible-input content and move from easier to more advanced videos
Interactive Spanish exercises for learners, with vocabulary, grammar, and listening practice from TV reports, film trailers, songs, ads, and documentaries
YouTube channel with Spanish video lessons about speaking naturally and stopping translation in your head, plus a free anti-frustration guide
Spanish courses and a free guide/masterclass, plus a blog, aimed at speaking more fluently with short lessons and monthly conversation practice
A YouTube channel by a Spanish teacher. Lots of grammar, expressions in context, everyday language and translations through funny stories. He also has a blog.
An awesome blog, lots of resources. You can also sign up for the newsletter and have a chance to take part in a live lesson.
Polish-language Spanish-learning blog with grammar and vocabulary posts, video-based lessons, and occasional exercises or linked materials for further practice
Blog post listing online Spanish learning aids: a forum, pronunciation videos with transcripts, and graded readings with clickable vocabulary help
A channel of a Pole living in Malaga. Colloquial language, slang, song translations and more. May include some explicit content (swearwords).
A YouTube channel that goes over many things to help Spanish students. If you want to pay for lessons in addition to the videos you can and they will Skype you.
YouTube video comparing Spanish accents from Spain, likely for listening practice and noticing pronunciation differences
Learn it there, practise it here
Free resources are great for input: reading, listening, explanations. They are weaker at the two things that actually move you forward: speaking Spanish out loud, and remembering what you met once. That is what OwnSlides is for.
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This directory began from a community-built list of free language resources, a year of collecting and checking by Joanna (u/chlebka) and dozens of contributors who suggested links, shared freely. See the original list. We have since expanded, re-checked and re-categorised it, and we keep the per-resource credits where the original list recorded them.