Lemmesa
La noche antes del partido, Tomás no pudo cerrar los ojos.
B1Story · 7 min
El portero que no dormía
Because you follow fútbol
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 shelf
MexicoColombiaChileCaribbean
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.
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.
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
Review.Card 1 of 98
New word
Después de muchas entrevistas, por fin el trabajo que quería.
to get, to obtain
After many interviews, she finally got the job she wanted.
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 today
Scheduled by FSRS‑5principalmensajebrindarcobrarmadrugadaescasoveredabanda
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Already on Anki? Take the deck with you. Export any time — cards, audio and images intact.
Sessions
You choose how long.
We choose what.
Set the time and the mix. Lemmesa assembles a sitting that fits, entirely from material scored to your level.
Tonight I have
15 min30 min60 min
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.
— ¿Cuánto por el kilo?
— Para ti, menos.
— Para ti, menos.
A2Dialogue · 4 min
En el mercado del sábado
Uses 5 words you saved this week
Por qué los ríos de montaña corren tan fríos
B2Article · 6 min
Por qué los ríos de montaña corren tan fríos
Because you follow naturaleza y animales
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.
426,500
Words read
259h
Listened
3,120
Words known
Reading toward B179%
Listening toward B173%
At this pace, B1 reading lands in late September, listening in October.
Pricing
One plan. Everything in it.
Founding price
Lemmesa
Native content, made comprehensible
$15 / month
Free during beta. Lock $15/mo for life.
—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 waitlistNo card, no charge — invites go out in list order
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.
