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Learn Spanish by reading on your Mac

Lessons teach you the basics. Reading real Spanish every day is what makes it stick. Here’s how to read more of it without a dictionary tab open.

Dasun Tharanga
Updated · 5 min read

Read a Spanish article and point at the words you don’t know yet.

Most learners hit the same wall: the course is fine, but real Spanish, in news, chats and shows, is full of words you haven’t met. Looking each one up breaks your flow, so you stop reading. The fix is to make looking up a word take one second.

Read what you already read, in Spanish

Switch one daily habit to Spanish: the news site you check in the morning, a recipe blog, a series with Spanish subtitles. Pick something you’d read anyway, so you keep coming back.

Look words up without leaving the page

With Tipword, hold ⌥ Option and point at a word. Its English meaning appears right beside it, then goes away. No typing, no new tab, so you keep reading in Spanish.

Spanish is freeOn macOS 15 or later, Spanish translates on your Mac with Apple. You don’t need a key, and there’s nothing extra to pay beyond the $12 license.

Let words come back

You don’t need flashcards for every word. Keep reading the same kind of content and the useful words keep coming back. The third time you meet one, you won’t need to point at it.

Questions

Does it work with Spanish subtitles?

Yes. Pause the video, hold ⌥ and point at the word in the subtitle.

Can I use it alongside a course?

Yes. Tipword is for everything outside the lesson: the articles, shows and chats where you actually use your Spanish.

Try itTipword is $12 once, with no subscription. Download it, add a license, and if it’s not for you within 14 days you get a full refund. Download for Mac

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