DuolingoDuolingo's course list, read on October 15, 2026, has one Spanish course, taught from 27 languages, and no course named for Argentina. Duolingo's blog says the course mostly uses le and lo the way Latin America does. None of Duolingo's pages we read say whether it teaches vos.
In Buenos Aires, friends call each other vos, so "you speak" is vos hablás, with the stress on the end. The letters ll and y sound like the English "sh," and you'll hear che all over Argentina. Our Argentine Spanish guide lists podcasts and schools.
Custom Lessons Made for You
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.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each lesson in Argentine Spanish at your level, on whatever you pick. Ask for a Sunday asado with friends, and they pass the mate and call each other che. If a vos form trips you up, ask Poppy how it's built.
For speaking practice with a person from Argentina, try a tutor or partner below.
- Argentine Spanish is a journey of its own, so lessons use vos and are read aloud with an Argentine accent.
- Grammar cards explain vos forms such as hablás, tenés, and sos.
- Regenerative Review™ brings your saved words back inside new Argentine lessons.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't import your own reading.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, 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™
- Teaches Argentine Spanish
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An Argentine Spanish Word Course
uTalk
uTalk's page points out the sh sound for ll and y, and that people in Argentina often say chau for goodbye.
- uTalk keeps an Argentinian Spanish course apart from its Spain and Latin American Spanish courses.
- It has more than 2,500 words and phrases in over 60 topics, and you can compare how you sound with the recordings.
- Teaches Argentine Spanish
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Practice With People From Argentina
Preply
Preply's course suits you if you already speak some Spanish and want to sound at home in Argentina.
- Preply has a one-to-one Argentinian Spanish course with tutors.
- It covers the Argentine accent and the slang people use there.
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italki
Pick a tutor from Argentina, and ask them to answer you with vos.
- Filter Spanish tutors by the country they're from.
- Three trial lessons cost less than $5 each.
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Tandem
Find a partner on Tandem's Buenos Aires page. You help with their language, and they help with your Spanish.
- Talk by voice note, audio call, or video call.
- Your partner can fix your Spanish right in the chat.
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How to Start With Each App
| App | How You Can Start |
|---|---|
| uTalk | The first starter words cost nothing, and the full course is paid. |
| Preply | Lessons start at $3, and each tutor sets the price. |
| italki | You can register free, then pay for the lessons you book. |
| Tandem | Many features are free, and Tandem Pro costs extra. |
Common Questions
Which Argentine Spanish app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Argentine Spanish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with uTalk to pick up Argentine words first. Preply's course is made for learners past the basics.
Does Duolingo teach vos?
Duolingo doesn't say. None of its pages we read mention vos, and its blog says the course mostly uses le and lo the way Latin America does. The vos forms are easy to spot, because the stress moves to the end, as in tenés and querés.
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 your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Duolingo: course list (read October 15, 2026)
- Duolingo: Spanish course for English speakers
- Duolingo Blog: Dialect Differences in Spanish: When to Use "Le" and "Lo" ("In the Duolingo Spanish course, you'll mostly be seeing the pattern … most common in Latin America")
- Duolingo Blog: What Is "Vosotros" and When Do You Use It? ("Duolingo's Spanish course for English speakers teaches ustedes and not vosotros")
- Duolingo Blog: Spanish dialects (Argentinian Spanish: sh sound for ll and y, vos, che, laburar, colectivo)
- Wikipedia: Rioplatense Spanish
- uTalk: Learn Argentinian Spanish
- uTalk: Learn Spanish (links its Argentinian Spanish content separately)
- uTalk: current iPhone listing (free starter words)
- Preply: Argentinian Spanish course
- italki: Spanish teachers
- italki: current iPhone listing (three trial classes for less than $5 each)
- Tandem: Learn Spanish in Buenos Aires
- Tandem: current iPhone listing
- Bubblegum
- Tandem
Checked on October 15, 2026 against each app's own pages.
