Speaker (English)
Hi — could I get a table for two, please?
Hola, ¿podría tener una mesa para dos, por favor?
Hello Hola
Live translation
English ↔ Spanish
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick English and Spanish. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between English and Spanish, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Spanish)
Por supuesto. ¿Prefieren sentarse adentro o en la terraza?
Of course — would you like to sit inside or on the terrace?
Speaker (English)
The terrace, please. Thank you.
La terraza, por favor. Gracias.
What metcha supports for this pair
| English | Spanish | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 6 voices | 4 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
English ↔ Spanish is metcha's most well-supported pair. Apple's Translation framework has had Spanish coverage for years; Deepgram has strong English and Spanish STT including accented variants; and our ElevenLabs voice catalog covers neutral Latin American, Castilian Spanish, and a range of English voices. For most travel and daily use, the free on-device path is excellent.
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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English: Hello, how are you?
Spanish: Hola, ¿cómo estás?
- Thank you
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English: Thank you very much.
Spanish: Muchas gracias.
- Apology
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English: Sorry, could you repeat that?
Spanish: Disculpe, ¿podría repetirlo?
- Directions
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English: Where is the nearest metro station?
Spanish: ¿Dónde está la estación de metro más cercana?
- Ordering
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English: I'll have the same, please.
Spanish: Tomaré lo mismo, por favor.
- Allergies
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English: I'm allergic to nuts.
Spanish: Soy alérgico a los frutos secos.
- Bill
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English: The bill, please.
Spanish: La cuenta, por favor.
- Taxi
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English: Could you take me to this address?
Spanish: ¿Podría llevarme a esta dirección?
- Pharmacy
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English: Do you sell sunscreen?
Spanish: ¿Venden protector solar?
- Wifi
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English: What's the wifi password?
Spanish: ¿Cuál es la contraseña del wifi?
Where you'd use it
- Travel in Spain — Madrid, Barcelona, Seville See the Barcelona guide →
- Travel in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, or anywhere in Latin America See the Mexico City guide →
- Bilingual households in the US — talking with extended family
- Front-of-house hospitality serving Spanish-speaking guests For restaurants →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Spanish to English as well as English to Spanish?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks English, the other person hears it in Spanish; when they reply in Spanish, you hear it in English. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is English ↔ Spanish translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (available for both English and Spanish). 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 English 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.