Speaker (Russian)
Добрый день. У вас есть столик с видом на море?
Buenas tardes. ¿Tienen una mesa con vista al mar?
Привет Hola
Live translation
Russian ↔ Spanish
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Russian and Spanish. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Russian and Spanish, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Spanish)
Sí, justo se ha quedado libre una mesa en la terraza. Pase, por favor.
Да, как раз освободился один столик на террасе. Проходите, пожалуйста.
Speaker (Russian)
Спасибо. Принесите нам, пожалуйста, два стакана воды.
Gracias. ¿Nos trae dos vasos de agua, por favor?
What metcha supports for this pair
| Russian | Spanish | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 2 voices | 4 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
Russian and Spanish speakers meet constantly in real life: Barcelona and the Costa Blanca have large Russian-speaking communities, and Mexico City and Buenos Aires draw Russian-speaking expats and remote workers. The languages share nothing on the page, Cyrillic against Latin script, though both keep a polite form (вы and usted) that metcha preserves. Most tools would route this pair through English; metcha's Better Translation path on metcha Plus translates directly between Russian and Spanish with conversational context.
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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Russian: Здравствуйте, очень приятно.
Spanish: Hola, mucho gusto.
- Thank you
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Russian: Большое спасибо.
Spanish: Muchas gracias.
- Apology
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Russian: Извините, я не понимаю.
Spanish: Disculpe, no entiendo.
- Directions
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Russian: Как пройти к пляжу?
Spanish: ¿Cómo se llega a la playa?
- Ordering
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Russian: Что вы посоветуете?
Spanish: ¿Qué me recomienda?
- Allergy
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Russian: У меня аллергия на морепродукты.
Spanish: Soy alérgico al marisco.
- Bill
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Russian: Счёт, пожалуйста.
Spanish: La cuenta, por favor.
- Apartment
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Russian: Квартира сдаётся на длительный срок?
Spanish: ¿El piso se alquila a largo plazo?
- Pharmacy
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Russian: У вас есть что-нибудь от солнечных ожогов?
Spanish: ¿Tienen algo para las quemaduras de sol?
- Wifi
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Russian: Какой пароль от вай-фая?
Spanish: ¿Cuál es la contraseña del wifi?
Where you'd use it
- Russian-speaking residents and visitors in Barcelona and along the coast See the Barcelona guide →
- Expats and remote workers settling in Mexico City or Buenos Aires See the Mexico City guide →
- Apartment viewings and rental paperwork in Spain
- Beach restaurants and chiringuitos serving international guests
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Spanish to Russian as well as Russian to Spanish?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Russian, the other person hears it in Spanish; when they reply in Spanish, you hear it in Russian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Russian ↔ 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 Russian 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 Russian 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.