Story · B1
El portero que no dormía
La noche antes del partido, Tomás no pudo cerrar los ojos.
Because you follow fútbol
7 min98% known
Comprehensible input
Learn Spanish from
what you’d watch anyway.
Something to read, something to watch, and the words you’re on the edge of forgetting, woven back in.
No card. We’ll email when your spot opens.
Not sure where you’d land?
Find my level →
Y Tu Mamá TambiénAl final atravesamos medio país buscando una playa.
In the end we crossed half the country looking for a beach.
93% Podcast
32 min
Entiende tu Mente — Procrastinación
Ep. 312
B1 Story · 9 min
La calle que no conocía
El autobús paró en la esquina y bajé sin prisa, con el cuaderno en la mochila.
The library
Pick the Spanish you’re actually going to hear.
The internet has infinite Spanish. What it doesn’t have is a shelf. We built one, sorted by accent and by what you can actually understand.
Spain
Peninsular
The vosotros forms and the lisped c. Our deepest shelf — comprehensible input at the bottom, physics and software engineering at the top.
100+ channels · 50+ podcastsA1 → C2
Argentina
Rioplatense
Where vos replaces tú and ll comes out as sh. Fast, warm and slangy — the accent people fall in love with, then struggle to parse.
75+ channels · 40+ podcastsA2 → C1
Venezuela
Venezuelan
Warm, expressive, and full of its own vocabulary. Thirty-five channels from across Venezuela, chosen to keep the accent inside your reach.
35+ channels · 20+ podcastsA1 → C1
Ours
Written for A1–B1
Below a certain level, nothing authentic is easy enough — so we write it. Original stories with audio, pitched one rung under everything else on the shelf.
Written & voiced hereA1 → B1
Also on the shelfMexicoColombiaChileCaribbean
500+channels and podcasts, across 7 accents
70+original stories, written for A1–B1
Yoursarticles, PDFs, Netflix and YouTube — bring your own
Simplify
Too hard is not a dead end.
Every text you open is measured against your vocabulary first. If it’s out of reach, Lemmesa offers it a rung lower. Same piece, same meaning.
C1As published79%
Tras casi una década de obras intermitentes, la primera línea del metro bogotano entró en operación comercial en medio de un escrutinio ciudadano considerable.
Five words you don’t know in one sentence — hard going.
B1Simplified for you95%
Después de casi diez años de obras, la primera línea del metro de Bogotá empezó a funcionar. Mucha gente la estaba esperando.
One new word, worth keeping.
The tutor
Ask anything, without leaving the page.
Tap a word for the meaning. Ask for the why. The answer comes from the sentence you’re in, not from a dictionary.
Del otro lado estaba Bruno, el jefe del equipo de Naranjos.
estabaestarwas (there)
Why estaba and not estuvo?
Both are “was”. The one the writer chose holds Bruno in place while the rest of the scene happens around him.
In the textestabahe was there, and stayed there
Insteadestuvohe was there, and then it was over
The extension
Turn on subtitles. Lemmesa does the rest.
One click captures the line, the audio, the moment. Flashcards from what you actually watched.
NetflixPrime VideoDisney+HBO MaxYouTube
Silvia Prieto
alcanzasalcanzaryou pass, hand over
¿Me alcanzas la sal, por favor?
Could you pass me the salt, please?
Review
Spaced repetition that speaks in sentences.
Lemmesa never shows you a word on its own. Every word, every card lands inside a natural sentence, in the context you met it.
Due todaySCHEDULED BY FSRS-5
principalmensajebrindarcobrarmadrugadaescasoveredabanda
Card 12 of 98New word
Después de muchas entrevistas, por fin consiguió el trabajo que quería.
verb
to get, to obtain
After many interviews, she finally got the job she wanted.
Already on Anki? Take the deck with you.
Export any time — cards, audio and images intact.
Sessions
However long you have.
Same quality session.
Pick your accent, your topics, how much reading versus watching. Everything it pulls is already at your level.
Tonight I have
Tonight’s session
30min
Comprehension
~94%
1✶SRS
Deck Review
34 cards · 9 min
298%
El portero que no dormía
Story, written for you · 8 min
390%
Spanish After Hours · Ep. 58
YouTube video, with subtitles · 13 min
Words it will bring back
madrugadabrindarveredaescaso+4Reading · Listening · Review
Create
Three new pieces, written overnight.
Made from what you read yesterday, tuned to your level, your interests, and the words you nearly know. Or ask for something of your own and it’s ready in minutes.
Dialogue · A2
En el mercado del sábado
— ¿Cuánto por el kilo? — Para ti, menos.
Uses 5 words you saved this week
4 min96% known
Article · B2
Por qué los ríos de montaña corren tan fríos
El agua baja de la nieve y no le da tiempo a templarse.
Because you follow naturaleza y animales
6 min94% known
Progress
Proof you’re getting somewhere.
See the words you’ve made yours, the time you’ve put in, and how close you are to understanding the next level.
- A real date for the next level, based on your pace
- No streaks, no XP — nothing that punishes the day you missed
- Export your vocabulary any time. It’s yours.
426,500Words read
259hListened
3,120Words known
Pricing
One plan. Everything in it.
Founding price
Lemmesa
Native content, made comprehensible
$15/ MONTH
- Import anything — Netflix, YouTube, podcasts, articles, books
- Simplify any text down to your level
- Browse a library ranked by what you’ll understand
- Ask about any confusing sentence, right where you’re reading
- Three new pieces every morning, from words you almost know
- 3,000-word core deck to get you reading comfortably
- Words you save keep the moment — the line, the audio, the frame
- One record across everything you read, watch, and hear
Join the waitlist
NO CARD, NO CHARGE — INVITES GO OUT IN LIST ORDER
FAQ
Questions people ask
Do I need to know any Spanish to start?
No. The core deck starts from zero and A1 texts assume nothing. If you already read some Spanish, a one-minute check sets your starting point so you skip what you know.
How is this different from Duolingo or LingQ?
Duolingo teaches you Spanish in Duolingo. Lemmesa points you at Spanish that already exists — the shows, podcasts and books you’d want anyway — and scores every piece against the words you know. Against LingQ, the difference is what happens when something is too hard: LingQ hands you a dictionary, Lemmesa rewrites the text to your level.
Can I bring my own material?
Yes. Paste any article, book, YouTube video or podcast and Lemmesa grades it against your vocabulary. Written material that’s out of reach can be simplified down to your level. Video and audio can’t be rewritten without breaking sync with the sound, so there the help is ranking and glosses rather than rewriting.
Do I need the Chrome extension?
Only for streaming (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max) and for articles behind a login. Everything else, including YouTube, imports from inside the app.
How do you know my level?
A one-minute check at signup gives a starting estimate. After that your reading corrects it. Every text you finish updates what Lemmesa thinks you know, so the number stops being a guess.
How much time does this take?
One sitting a night is the design target, around 20 to 30 minutes. There’s no streak and nothing to lose if you skip a day.
What do I get for $15?
Everything. Imports, simplification, the ranked library, the tutor, three new pieces each morning, and the core deck. Free while the beta lasts. When we launch, the founding list pays $15 and never more.
Is it only Spanish?
Spanish today. The vocabulary model is built for Romance languages, so more are coming.
A note from the founder
Spanish is why I have a real relationship with my family in Venezuela. Getting there was harder than it should have been. There’s endless material out there and no clear path through it, so you spend more time deciding what to study than actually reading and listening to the language. I’m building Lemmesa so the next person gets there faster.
Kyle Montiel-Berner · building Lemmesa
Tonight’s chapter is waiting.
Read Spanish for ten minutes and see how far it gets you.
No card. We’ll email when your spot opens.