Learn Spanish with Wrong Side of the Tracks
Yes, Wrong Side of the Tracks is a B2-level pick for Spanish learners. A former soldier takes on drug dealers in his poor Madrid neighbourhood in this gritty drama. The dialogue is real, working-class Madrid Spanish with street slang, which makes it authentic B2 practice for the everyday register textbooks skip.
Key takeaways
- Wrong Side of the Tracks is a B2-level pick for Spanish, best suited to upper-intermediate learners.
- A gritty Madrid drama with real, working-class street Spanish.
- It runs 2 seasons, 16 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 barrio and abuelo.
- 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
- 2 seasons, 16 episodes
- Original audio
- Spanish
- Genre
- crime, 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 Wrong Side of the Tracks
- barrio
- neighbourhood
- abuelo
- grandfather
- droga
- drug
- policía
- police
- vecino
- neighbour
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Wrong Side of the Tracks good for everyday Spanish?
- Yes. It is full of real, working-class Madrid Spanish and street slang, which is great authentic B2 practice. Graded subtitles help with the fast, colloquial dialogue.