Stories, audio, and videos can all help you learn Galician when you can follow what they mean. That is the idea behind comprehensible input: learning from Galician you can mostly understand. Galicia has its own public TV and radio, but very little Galician is made for learners. A learner who earned an advanced Galician certificate explained on Reddit that most people who learn Galician already speak Spanish, so most materials are written in Galician and expect you to follow them through Spanish.
These apps and sites help you find Galician you can follow, or make the Galician you choose easier to read. For courses, speaking practice, and tutors, see our Galician app comparison.
Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
Learn Galician with a path made just for you. Start with your level, what you like, and why you want to learn. Your path grows as you learn, with new lessons that fit you. Bubblegum also has news and stories, so you can read and listen to a mix of Galician about music, food, family, or daily life.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each lesson for you. If a word or a sentence is hard to follow, just ask her to explain it.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum can't help with Galician you found yourself. For a show on Galician TV or an article you already picked, the apps below are the better fit.
- Read and listen to lessons, news, and stories about things you like.
- Each new lesson fits your level, interests, and goals.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, so you review them by reading instead of using flashcards.
- Ask Poppy about a sentence while you read.
- Lesson audio uses AI voices, not recordings of Galician speakers.
- You cannot bring in your own books, shows, or articles.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
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Watch TV and Cartoons in Galician
AGalega
AGalega is the streaming app of Galicia's public TV and radio. An American learner living in Galicia recommends it on Reddit for hearing Galician, with series and films made in Galicia and shows from other countries dubbed into Galician. It suits learners who can follow some Galician and want to hear the language as people in Galicia speak it.
- Watch Galician TV live, plus Galician series, films, and documentaries.
- Turn on subtitles for series and films.
- Listen to Radio Galega and its video podcasts.
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Xabarín
Xabarín is the children's app from the same public broadcaster. When learners on Reddit ask where to start, Galician speakers often say cartoons in Galician, and some point to the Xabarín app by name. In #Digochiño, Esther Estévez and Digochiño the fox explain fun facts about Galician for children.
- Cartoons and shows in Galician, sorted by age: up to 6, 6 to 9, and over 9.
- Galego para peques has cartoons in Galician with picture symbols for the youngest children.
- Turn on subtitles, and listen to songs and audio stories.
- Everything is made for children, so the topics are for children too.
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Read Galician You Choose
These tools help you read Galician web pages, articles, and books you pick yourself.
Readlang
Readlang helps you read Galician on the web, such as a news site or a blog. Its public library has Galician texts that other readers have shared, from passages of books by Manuel Rivas and Ledicia Costas to short articles about Galician music and art.
- Tap a word or short phrase on a Galician web page to see what it means.
- Hear Galician text read aloud.
- Save new words and review them with flashcards.
- Flashcards
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Dicionario RAG
The Real Academia Galega is the official academy for Galician, and this is its dictionary app. A Galician speaker on Reddit suggests the academy's dictionary to learners for vocabulary. Keep it open while you read to check the words you meet more than once.
- More than 50,000 words with definitions, synonyms, and examples.
- Hear how most words are said.
- Look up how a verb changes in the conjugator.
- Free, with no ads.
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More Galician to Watch, Hear, and Read
DígochoEu, from Galicia's public news channel G24, posts short videos about Galician words, grammar, spelling, and sounds, often the ones that differ from Spanish. It is the video series Galician speakers on Reddit suggest to learners most often, and you can also follow it on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. To find something to listen to, Podgalego lists more than 100 active podcasts in Galician by topic, from stories and history to sport and video games. To find YouTubers and other creators who post in Galician, Obradoiro Dixital Galego keeps a list you can filter by platform and topic.
For a first novel, a Galician speaker on Reddit says friends from abroad learned a lot of Galician from Ollos de auga, a 2006 crime novel by Domingo Villar. GaliciaLe lends e-books, audiobooks, and films from Galicia's public libraries. Its GaliciaLe+ service lets people who live outside Galicia borrow digital books in Galician too. The Galician government also pays for easy-to-read books in Galician, and in 2024 it backed 20 new titles from 10 publishers to grow what you can borrow on GaliciaLe.
Learn Galician in Your Language
These counts cover menu-language choices, including script variants. Other apps’ counts and full lists come from their iPhone listings, except Readlang (its help forum). Word meanings, lesson explanations, and other platforms may differ.
| App | Supported Display Languages | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 74 | Full list
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| AGalega | 7 | Full list |
| Xabarín | 7 | Full list |
| Readlang | 1 | Full list |
| Dicionario RAG | 1 | Full list |
Other Apps We Looked At (8)
- AgalegaAudioThe audio app of Galicia's public broadcaster, with Radio Galega live, its programs as podcasts, and podcasts made just for the app.
- VerbaA dictionary for English speakers learning Galician and Spanish side by side, with verb tables and notes on where the two languages differ. It is new and growing.
- Talk In GalicianA paid web course made with native speakers from across Galicia, with natural dialogues and interactive audio.
- Léocho?The first audiobook publisher in Galician, with classic Galician books to download and a sample of each one to hear before you buy.
- Nós TelevisiónA web TV channel in Galician, with interviews, reports, music, and literature.
- olaxonmarioA Galician YouTuber who makes videos in Galician, which a Portuguese speaker on Reddit recommends.
- Language ReactorA browser extension that shows subtitles beside a translation on YouTube and Netflix, with a pop-up dictionary. Galician is one of the languages you can choose.
- Tradutor GaioThe Galician government's translator app, for Galician, Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Catalan.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I choose Galician at the right level?
Pick something where you already know almost every word. In one study, readers needed to know about 98 out of 100 words in a story to follow it well. Xabarín sorts its shows by age, so you can start with the youngest group and move up.
Can I watch Galician TV outside Galicia?
Yes. On regular TV, the TVG and G2 channels reach only Galicia. Galicia's public broadcaster says you can watch from anywhere in the world on the AGalega website and apps, and viewers on Reddit say AGalega works from the UK and Switzerland.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- r/Galiza: Any books to learn Galician for beginners? (a learner with the Celga 4 certificate on Galician resources)
- r/Galiza: Consejos para aprender gallego? (AGalega, Xabarín and cartoons in Galician)
- r/Galicia: Hola todos (AGalega and Radio Galega for learners)
- r/Galiza: How to learn Galiza? (RAG dictionary and DígochoEu)
- r/Galiza: Can you recommend me movies/series in the Galician language? (AGalega works from the UK and Switzerland)
- r/Galiza: Bos libros en Galego? (Ollos de auga for learners)
- Galician public broadcaster (CSAG): Frequently asked questions
- Xabarín: Galego para peques
- DígochoEu (G24)
- Podgalego: podcasts in Galician
- Obradoiro Dixital Galego: creators who make content in Galician
- GaliciaLe: e-book lending from Galicia's public libraries
- Xunta de Galicia: 20 easy-to-read works in Galician (June 2024)
- Hu and Nation (2000), Unknown vocabulary density and reading comprehension
- Bubblegum
- AGalega
- Xabarín
- Readlang
- Dicionario RAG
Checked on October 8, 2026 against each app's own pages.
