Argentine Spanish is the one to learn if you're moving to Buenos Aires, studying there, or talking with friends and family from Argentina. Friends there say where most Spanish speakers say . This is called voseo, and Buenos Aires slang is called lunfardo. Most Spanish apps teach neither, so this page checks, app by app, what each one does with Argentine Spanish.
The short answer: only a few apps teach it, and none of the big course apps do. A good path is a Spanish course for the shared grammar, plus something made for Argentina. For apps that cover every kind of Spanish, see our Spanish app comparison. For tutors, podcasts, and schools in Buenos Aires, see the best ways to learn Argentine Spanish.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Argentine Spanish. You learn from Argentine Spanish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Argentine Spanish lessons. If a sentence is hard to follow, ask Poppy to explain it.
With Regenerative Review™, words you save show up again in new lessons, so that you can review words in new contexts without having to use flashcards.
Bubblegum focuses on reading and listening more than speaking. For conversation, try the tutors and partners in the best ways to learn Argentine Spanish.
- Lessons are in Argentine Spanish, with voseo and Rioplatense words, voiced in an Argentine accent.
- Read and listen to news and stories in Argentine Spanish about things you care about.
- Ask Poppy about a sentence while you read.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, and you can export them to Anki as flashcards.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't turn a novel from Buenos Aires into a lesson. However, you can paste a page in the chat, and Poppy will explain every line.
- Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read.
- Regenerative Review™
- Teaches Argentine Spanish
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uTalk
uTalk sells Argentinian Spanish apart from its Latin American course, so the accent you practice is the Argentine one. In Argentina, people often say , from the Italian ciao, for goodbye.
- More than 2,500 words and phrases across 60+ topics, in a course made for Argentinian Spanish.
- Its page describes Rioplatense Spanish, including the sh sound many speakers give to and .
- Teaches Argentine Spanish
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Preply
Preply is a tutor marketplace, so the course is a plan you follow with a tutor you choose. Beginners can still book a tutor from Buenos Aires and ask for voseo from the first lesson.
- An Argentinian Spanish course with Argentinian pronunciation, regional slang and expressions, and culture.
- One-to-one online classes, about 13 hours in all.
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Lingopie
Lingopie streams shows for language learners. The Argentine series is a good way to hear how people talk once you know the basics.
- Street Interviews is a web series set in Argentina, and its page lists Argentinian slang among the things you learn.
- Unscripted street talk shows everyday life in Argentine cities.
- Flashcards
- Teaches Argentine Spanish (partly)
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Dreaming Spanish
Dreaming Spanish suits learners who want hours of easy listening. It isn't made for Argentina, so pair it with something that teaches voseo.
- Videos made so you can follow them, in series you pick by level.
- Its teachers come from several countries, and one is shown with an Argentine flag.
- Teaches Argentine Spanish (partly)
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Babbel lists Spanish (Mexico) and Spanish (Spain) courses. Drops has a Mexican course and a Castilian one. Pimsleur's Spanish audio course is titled Latin American. None of the three has an Argentine course, so use them for the grammar Spanish shares, and add the apps above for and Argentine words.
Other Apps We Looked At (1)
- Qué OndaA Spanish vocabulary and phrase app whose store page lists special lessons for Mexican, European, and Argentine Spanish.
The number of languages you can use an app in isn't the same as the languages its lessons explain things in, so check one lesson in your language before you pay.
| App | Languages You Can Use It In | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 76 | Supported language pairs |
| uTalk | 140+ | Full list |
| Preply | 19 | Full list |
| Lingopie | 6 | Full list |
| Dreaming Spanish | 1 | Full list |
| Qué Onda | 6 | Full list |
Which Argentine Spanish app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Argentine Spanish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with uTalk's Argentinian Spanish course for words and phrases, and add a podcast like Argentalk when you want to hear Argentine Spanish and culture. For more, see the best way to learn Argentine Spanish.
Do I need an app made for Argentine Spanish?
Not for the grammar, which Argentine Spanish shares with other kinds. What a general app leaves out is and its verb forms, Buenos Aires words, and the Argentine accent. Add those from an app made for Argentina.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Rioplatense Spanish (voseo is standard in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Bubblegum: Argentine Spanish lessons
- uTalk: Learn Spanish (Argentinian)
- Preply: Argentinian Spanish course
- Lingopie: Street Interviews (set in Argentina)
- Dreaming Spanish
- Qué Onda on the App Store (lessons for Mexican, European, and Argentine Spanish)
- Babbel: Spanish (Mexico) and Spanish (Spain) courses
- Drops: Why separate courses for Mexican Spanish and Spanish from Spain
- Pimsleur: Spanish (Latin American) audio course
- Argentalk
- Dreaming Spanish
