Speaker (German)
Guten Abend, haben Sie noch einen Tisch für zwei mit Blick aufs Meer?
Buenas noches, ¿les queda una mesa para dos con vistas al mar?
Hallo Hola
Live translation
German ↔ Spanish
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick German and Spanish. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between German and Spanish, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Spanish)
Sí, claro. Síganme, justo delante en la terraza.
Ja, natürlich. Folgen Sie mir, gleich vorne auf der Terrasse.
Speaker (German)
Wunderbar, vielen Dank.
Estupendo, muchas gracias.
What metcha supports for this pair
| German | 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
Germans take more holidays in Spain than almost anywhere else, with Mallorca and the costas receiving millions of German visitors a year, while a sizable Spanish community lives and works in Germany. Unlike the Romance pairs, German and Spanish share almost no common ground, so neither side can fall back on half-understanding the other. metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between the two with conversational context and keeps the Sie/usted register right for service settings.
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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German: Hallo, guten Tag.
Spanish: Hola, buenos días.
- Thank you
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German: Vielen Dank.
Spanish: Muchas gracias.
- Apology
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German: Entschuldigung, das habe ich nicht verstanden.
Spanish: Perdón, no he entendido.
- Directions
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German: Wie komme ich zum Strand?
Spanish: ¿Cómo llego a la playa?
- Ordering
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German: Ich hätte gern die Paella für zwei.
Spanish: Quisiera la paella para dos.
- Allergy
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German: Ich bin allergisch gegen Meeresfrüchte.
Spanish: Soy alérgico al marisco.
- Bill
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German: Die Rechnung, bitte.
Spanish: La cuenta, por favor.
- Hotel
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German: Ich habe ein Zimmer auf den Namen [Name] reserviert.
Spanish: Tengo una habitación reservada a nombre de [nombre].
- Pharmacy
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German: Haben Sie etwas gegen Sonnenbrand?
Spanish: ¿Tienen algo para las quemaduras de sol?
- Wifi
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German: Wie lautet das WLAN-Passwort?
Spanish: ¿Cuál es la contraseña del wifi?
Where you'd use it
- Beach holidays in Mallorca, the Canary Islands, and the costas
- Hotel front desks in Spain welcoming German guests For hotels →
- Spanish professionals working in Germany and Austria
- German city breaks in Barcelona and Madrid See the Barcelona guide →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Spanish to German as well as German to Spanish?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks German, the other person hears it in Spanish; when they reply in Spanish, you hear it in German. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is German ↔ 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 German 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 German 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.