Speaker (Croatian)
Dobro došli u Split! Palača je zapravo živi grad — ljudi i danas stanuju u njoj.
¡Bienvenidos a Split! El palacio es en realidad una ciudad viva — la gente todavía vive dentro.
Bok Hola
Live translation
Croatian ↔ Spanish
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Croatian and Spanish. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Croatian and Spanish, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Spanish)
¡Increíble! ¿Por dónde empezamos la visita?
Nevjerojatno! Gdje da počnemo obilazak?
Speaker (Croatian)
Od podruma — a na kraju popijte kavu na Peristilu.
Por los sótanos — y al final tómense un café en el Peristilo.
What metcha supports for this pair
| Croatian | Spanish | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | — | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 4 voices | 4 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
Two languages spelled the way they sound, five clean vowels each, and a shared grammatical habit of formal address — usted on one side, Vi on the other — that metcha's Better Translation actually respects. The pair meets mostly on holiday: Spanish visitors have made Dubrovnik and Split fixtures of the summer, direct flights now link Madrid and Barcelona with Zagreb and the coast, and the two countries keep bumping into each other at every major football tournament.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Spanish-speaking situations. In metcha you don't need to memorize these — but they're useful to anchor what the app sounds like before you try it.
- Greeting
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Croatian: Dobar dan, drago mi je.
Spanish: Hola, mucho gusto.
- Thank you
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Croatian: Puno vam hvala.
Spanish: Muchas gracias.
- Apology
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Croatian: Oprostite, ne razumijem.
Spanish: Disculpe, no entiendo.
- Directions
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Croatian: Gdje je stara gradska jezgra?
Spanish: ¿Dónde está el casco antiguo?
- Ferry
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Croatian: Kada polazi sljedeći trajekt?
Spanish: ¿A qué hora sale el próximo ferry?
- Ordering
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Croatian: Što nam preporučujete?
Spanish: ¿Qué nos recomienda?
- Allergy
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Croatian: Alergičan sam na orašaste plodove.
Spanish: Soy alérgico a los frutos secos.
- Bill
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Croatian: Račun, molim vas.
Spanish: La cuenta, por favor.
- Hotel
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Croatian: Imam rezervaciju.
Spanish: Tengo una reserva.
- Pharmacy
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Croatian: Imate li nešto protiv glavobolje?
Spanish: ¿Tiene algo para el dolor de cabeza?
Where you'd use it
- Spanish travelers in Dubrovnik, Split, and the islands
- Croatians visiting Barcelona and Madrid See the Barcelona guide →
- Tour guides working mixed Spanish-speaking groups on the coast
- Waterfront restaurants greeting Spanish-speaking guests For restaurants →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Spanish to Croatian as well as Croatian to Spanish?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Croatian, the other person hears it in Spanish; when they reply in Spanish, you hear it in Croatian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Croatian ↔ Spanish translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (partial — one side may route via the cloud path). metcha Plus optionally routes through a Better Translation cloud path for more natural phrasing, with a quiet fallback to the on-device path when the network is slow.
- Do I need both AirPods to use metcha for Croatian and Spanish?
- No. The simplest mode is one earbud each — you keep one, the other person keeps the other. metcha handles both directions through that single shared pair. If you'd rather both wear your own earbuds, you can pair a second phone in seconds via a QR code (still no app install for the other person).
- What about regional accents within Spanish?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Spanish robustly. The on-device path is more sensitive to accent — if you find the free path missing words, switching to the metcha Plus cloud STT usually fixes it without changing anything else about the conversation.
- Does it work without internet?
- The free on-device path works fully offline once the relevant Apple Translation language packs are downloaded. metcha Plus features that depend on Deepgram, Better Translation, or ElevenLabs voices need a network connection.
- How many voices does metcha ship for Spanish?
- 4 curated native-Spanish voices on metcha Plus, plus all iOS built-in voices on the free tier (and any Enhanced or Premium voices you've installed in Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content).
- Are conversations private?
- metcha does not store conversations on our servers, and none of our providers retain audio for training. The free on-device path never sends audio off your phone at all. See the privacy policy for the full data-handling story.