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Spanish Tutors, Vetted in Person
Around 79 Spanish tutors, online and in person, and founder Garrett Strommen has met every one of them face to face. Native speakers from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and beyond. Most students learn online from wherever they are; if you'd rather sit across the table from someone, we do that too, in Los Angeles and Madrid.
79 Spanish tutors available
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Every tutor, personally met. — founder-vetted since 2006, in Los Angeles and online worldwide.
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Masters Degree in Cognitive Science, specializing in Linguisitcs
Learn Spanish through the subjects that inspire imagination, awe and wonder to you
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Barcelona-based, Valeria teaches Spanish through whatever genuinely fascinates a student. The subject leads, the language follows.
Specialties
Masters Degree in Cognitive Science, specializing in Linguisitcs
Learn Spanish through the subjects that inspire imagination, awe and wonder to you
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Barcelona-based, Valeria teaches Spanish through whatever genuinely fascinates a student. The subject leads, the language follows.
BS Agricultural Engineering, Profesora de Español ELE (Español como Lengua Extranjera)
Certified ELE Spanish teacher from Colombia. With 5+ years of diverse teaching experience
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Carolina is certified ELE-trained and specializes in Medical Spanish, on top of general instruction, out of Medellín.
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BS Agricultural Engineering, Profesora de Español ELE (Español como Lengua Extranjera)
Certified ELE Spanish teacher from Colombia. With 5+ years of diverse teaching experience
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Carolina is certified ELE-trained and specializes in Medical Spanish, on top of general instruction, out of Medellín.
Law
Learn Italian & Spanish fast and fun!
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Italian and Spanish translation both fall under Ruth's teaching, grammar explained through color-coded tables and games.
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Law
Learn Italian & Spanish fast and fun!
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Italian and Spanish translation both fall under Ruth's teaching, grammar explained through color-coded tables and games.
Degree in Literature and Linguistics, Master's degree in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language.
Certified and experienced Spanish teacher. Meaningful classes, desgined just for you.
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Natalia spent part of her fifteen years teaching as Academic Director at a private Spanish school. She's taught toddlers straight through embassy staff.
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Also speaks: English, French
Degree in Literature and Linguistics, Master's degree in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language.
Certified and experienced Spanish teacher. Meaningful classes, desgined just for you.
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I also speak: English, French
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Natalia spent part of her fifteen years teaching as Academic Director at a private Spanish school. She's taught toddlers straight through embassy staff.
Journalism/Spanish-Language Journalism
Highly Rated Spanish Tutor at Strommen | Born in Argentina, Raised in LA
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Also speaks: Armenian
Journalism/Spanish-Language Journalism
Highly Rated Spanish Tutor at Strommen | Born in Argentina, Raised in LA
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I also speak: Armenian
Journalism
Res non verba
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Fernando has spent seventeen years teaching Spanish to law firms, film productions, and hospital staff alike. His specialty is field-specific Spanish that's actually usable.
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Journalism
Res non verba
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Fernando has spent seventeen years teaching Spanish to law firms, film productions, and hospital staff alike. His specialty is field-specific Spanish that's actually usable.
BA in International Relations, BA in French, BA in Italian Language Teaching, BA in English Language Teaching, Diploma Course in Spanish as a Foreign Language, Master in International Cooperation and Inclusive Education: New Professional Challenges
French, Italian, Spanish & German native speaker & expert. Graduate of Université Paris-Sorbonne & Università di Bologna.
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Serge's specialties run from Wallon to Ukrainian to actor dialect coaching, arguably the widest range of any tutor on our roster.
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Also speaks: Basque, Catalan, Dutch, Galician, Ukrainian
BA in International Relations, BA in French, BA in Italian Language Teaching, BA in English Language Teaching, Diploma Course in Spanish as a Foreign Language, Master in International Cooperation and Inclusive Education: New Professional Challenges
French, Italian, Spanish & German native speaker & expert. Graduate of Université Paris-Sorbonne & Università di Bologna.
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I also speak: Basque, Catalan, Dutch, Galician, Ukrainian
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Serge's specialties run from Wallon to Ukrainian to actor dialect coaching, arguably the widest range of any tutor on our roster.
languages English and French
Colombian Native and Multicultural Tutor with Extensive Teaching Experience!
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Colombian-born and eleven years into teaching Spanish, Patricia builds every lesson around grammar first. Everything else stands on that foundation.
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languages English and French
Colombian Native and Multicultural Tutor with Extensive Teaching Experience!
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Colombian-born and eleven years into teaching Spanish, Patricia builds every lesson around grammar first. Everything else stands on that foundation.
Technical degree in Biotechnology from IFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
From Rio to You: Pedro teaches with roots in Literature, Linguistics, and love of Learning
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Rio-rooted, Pedro teaches Portuguese and Spanish with a literature-and-linguistics background, conversational first, grammar rules second.
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Technical degree in Biotechnology from IFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
From Rio to You: Pedro teaches with roots in Literature, Linguistics, and love of Learning
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Rio-rooted, Pedro teaches Portuguese and Spanish with a literature-and-linguistics background, conversational first, grammar rules second.
Master in Spanish Teaching
Experience the World Through Language: From Havana to Mérida, Let's Learn Together with a Multilingual Master!
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Ada holds a Master's in Spanish Teaching and has Cuban roots. She's one of very few tutors anywhere teaching authentic Cuban Spanish.
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Also speaks: Art, English Literature, Music
Master in Spanish Teaching
Experience the World Through Language: From Havana to Mérida, Let's Learn Together with a Multilingual Master!
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I also speak: Art, English Literature, Music
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Ada holds a Master's in Spanish Teaching and has Cuban roots. She's one of very few tutors anywhere teaching authentic Cuban Spanish.
Bachelors Audio Engineering
Learn Authentic Spanish from Guatemala: Dive into the language and culture with a native tutor!
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Melany has an audio-engineering degree and a past life teaching Chinese students 3D animation. She brings that same range to her Spanish lessons now.
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Bachelors Audio Engineering
Learn Authentic Spanish from Guatemala: Dive into the language and culture with a native tutor!
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Melany has an audio-engineering degree and a past life teaching Chinese students 3D animation. She brings that same range to her Spanish lessons now.
Bachelors in Communication and minor in Theatre studies
Friendly Spanish and ESL Teacher Originally from Spain with experience in dialect coaching and public speaking.
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Danny treats every English lesson like a scene to build, dialect coaching included, and he's been at it for thirteen years.
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Also speaks: Catalan
Bachelors in Communication and minor in Theatre studies
Friendly Spanish and ESL Teacher Originally from Spain with experience in dialect coaching and public speaking.
Specialties
I also speak: Catalan
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Danny treats every English lesson like a scene to build, dialect coaching included, and he's been at it for thirteen years.
What Spanish lessons cost
Starting at
$35/hour
Pay as you go, one-on-one. No subscription, no platform markup.
Typical rate
$64/hour
What most students pay. Every tutor sets their own rate, shown on their profile.
Packages
Save with 10 & 20 hrs
Larger packages bring the hourly rate down. Rates and savings are on each profile — nothing hidden.
Rates above are pulled live from our tutors’ actual listed prices — not estimates. You pay the tutor’s rate, full stop.
Dialects & specialties
The accent matters. Pick the Spanish you actually want to speak.
In person, in your city
Online, worldwide
Learn Spanish online
Most of our Spanish students learn online. Same vetted tutors, same personal matching, on video from wherever you are. Lessons are one on one and scheduled around your life, not a class timetable.
Questions, answered
Which Spanish should I learn — Spain or Latin America?
The one you'll actually use. If your in-laws are from Guadalajara, learn Mexican Spanish. If you're moving to Barcelona, learn Castellano. The core language is the same everywhere — a tutor from Bogotá will still understand you in Madrid — but accent, slang and a few grammar habits differ, and starting with the right variety saves you relearning later. Every tutor's profile says where they're from, and our dialect pages let you pick precisely.
How much do Spanish lessons cost?
Every tutor sets their own rate, and the range on this page is pulled live from those listings — no estimates, no platform markup on top. Ten and twenty hour packages bring the hourly price down; the exact numbers are on each tutor's profile.
How long until I can hold a conversation?
Spanish is one of the friendlier languages for English speakers — the sounds are learnable, the spelling is honest, and you already know hundreds of words you don't realize you know. Students who do one or two lessons a week and actually speak in them are usually having real, imperfect, enjoyable conversations within a few months. What moves the needle is speaking time, which is the whole point of one-on-one lessons.
Do you offer in-person Spanish lessons?
Yes — Los Angeles is home base, with tutors across the city, and we have in-person tutors in Madrid as well. Everywhere else, lessons are online. If you pick “in person” in the matcher above, we'll point you to your options.
I have no idea what my level is. Where do I start?
Take the free five-minute level test linked above. It places you on the CEFR scale (A1 through C2), which is the scale your tutor will use to plan your lessons. Total beginner is also a level — most of our students started there.