Fashion Guru
Describe cuts, fabrics, and fits, debate a trend, and give style feedback — out loud.
The words that make you sound like you actually follow fashion are the fit and cut words: ajustado (form-fitting), holgado (loose), de talle alto (high-waisted), con vuelo (flowy). In the fitting room, talk about how it sits on you — me queda apretado (it fits tight) versus me queda flojo — and know your region's words: earrings are los aretes in Mexico but los aros in Argentina, and denim is la mezclilla in Mexico while Argentines just say el jean. In &Be you don't memorize these off flashcards — you learn each word by saying it out loud while describing real outfits and debating real trends.
Below: the fabric, pattern, and trend vocabulary lesson by lesson, what each word is called across Latin America, and a way to rehearse a full style conversation before you have one for real.
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Regional Spanish
Textbooks teach one word. Locals use several — pick your region's and stay consistent.
| English | Mexico | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| earrings | los aretes | los aros |
| denim / jeans | la mezclilla | el jean |
| it's trendy | está de moda | está re top |
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Olivia
Your vocabulary teacher for this pack
No flashcards, no matching games. In the Fashion Guru lessons you talk through real style moments with Olivia: she asks what you'd wear to an event, and you reach for el vestido entallado or la camisa holgada and say why. She shows enthusiasm for a trend, and you push back — pasado de moda — with a reason. She asks how something fits, and me queda apretado has to come out of your mouth, in the moment, until describing clothes in Spanish stops feeling like translation.
Blank mid-sentence and nothing bad happens — she waits. That's the practice, without unnecessary judgement.
Finish the 6 lessons and Fashion Guru is yours — earned, not given.
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Quick answers
Use quedar: me queda apretado (it fits me tight) or me queda flojo (it fits loose) — fitting-room basics in Mexico. For a compliment, Argentines say te queda re bien and Colombians go one better with te luce — it shows you off.
Ajustado is tight or form-fitting; holgado is loose or baggy. In younger fashion circles the loanword oversize has largely overtaken holgado.
Depends where you are: los aretes in Mexico, los aros in Argentina, los pendientes in Spain. Colombia even has its own word for hoops: las candongas.
De rayas (striped), de cuadros (plaid), de lunares (polka-dotted), estampado floral (floral print). And liso means solid — no print at all, often said as a compliment.
Estar de moda = to be in fashion; pasado de moda = out of style. Latin America also has a softer version: fuera de onda — out of vibe.
