Learn Spanish with Elite
Yes, Elite is a B2-level pick for Spanish learners. A teen thriller set in an elite school, so it is full of current, colloquial Spanish slang the textbooks skip. The drama is moreish, which keeps you watching.
Key takeaways
- Elite is a B2-level pick for Spanish, best suited to upper-intermediate learners.
- The best source of current teen slang, once you are past the basics.
- It runs 8 seasons, 64 episodes, so its vocabulary recurs enough that finishing it builds real Spanish listening.
- Against the 27 other Spanish titles in our difficulty index, it is easier than 1 of them.
- Expect everyday Spanish such as tío and guay.
- Watch it with Spanish subtitles rather than your own language, which the research links to the biggest listening gain.
- Difficulty
- B2 (challenging)
- Best for
- upper-intermediate learners
- Format
- TV series
- Length
- 8 seasons, 64 episodes
- Original audio
- Spanish
- Genre
- teen, drama, thriller
- Platform
- Netflix
- Relative difficulty
- Easier than 1 of 27 other Spanish titles we rate
- In our index
- 1 of 28 Spanish titles
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Spanish words you'll hear in Elite
- tío
- dude, mate (Spain slang, literally 'uncle')
- guay
- cool
- vale
- okay
- mentira
- lie
- fiesta
- party
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- tía
- girl, mate (female) (literally: aunt)
- the feminine of tío; both are constant filler among the students
- el insti
- high school
- clipped slang for el instituto, how teens actually say it
- colega
- buddy, pal
- casual friend word, common in Spain alongside tío
- flipar
- to be amazed, to freak out
- very common Spain slang; me flipa = I love it, no flipes = don't overreact
- molar
- to be cool, to like
- me mola = I like it; teen synonym of gustar
- estar liado con alguien
- to be hooking up with someone (literally: to be tangled with someone)
- core to the show's relationship drama
- ligar
- to flirt, to pull
- what the characters spend much of the series doing
- pillar
- to catch, to get, to grab
- wide slang use: catching someone out, getting a joke, grabbing something
- el pibón
- a stunner, a hottie
- slang for a very attractive person; informal register
- pasar de alguien
- to blow someone off, to not care about them
- paso de ti = I don't care about you; classic teen dismissal
- el marrón
- a mess, a tough spot (literally: brown)
- menudo marrón = what a mess; the trouble the plot keeps landing them in
- chivarse
- to snitch, to tell on someone
- central to a show built on secrets and cover-ups
- no me ralles
- stop bugging me, don't stress me out
- rallar someone is to annoy or nag them; very colloquial Spain
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Elite good for learning Spanish slang?
- Yes. As a contemporary teen drama it is packed with current Spanish slang and casual register, which is great once you have the basics. Graded subtitles help with the fast group dialogue.