Why ¡Vale!
The Spanish your course skipped
¡Vale! is for people who already speak Spanish and still get lost when Spaniards talk among themselves.
The expressions you’ll hear every day
Slang, set phrases and turns of speech that come up constantly in Spain, in bars, among friends and at work, and rarely make it into a textbook.
What they really mean
Not just a translation: what each expression is doing, the tone behind it, and why the literal meaning often misleads.
When it’s safe to use them
Clear warnings on the expressions that can cause a problem, and who you can say them to.
Start with a conversation between friends
Find out how much of it you were missing.