Enjoy audiobooks and podcasts in another language. Tap an unfamiliar word or phrase to see what it means in context—with a translation and an explanation in each of your chosen languages. Keep your place, save what matters, and carry on.
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I was following the conversation until an unfamiliar phrase came up, and I lost the thread. I listened again, and the sentence finally made sense. One idea stayed with me long after the conversation ended.
Tap an underlined phrase. See its meaning in all three languages.
lost the thread
Stopped following how the ideas connect. Here, an unfamiliar phrase made the listener lose track of the speaker’s point.
den Faden verloren
Dem Gedankengang nicht mehr folgen können. Hier hat ein unbekannter Ausdruck dazu geführt, dass die Person den Zusammenhang verlor.
perdió el hilo
Dejó de seguir la relación entre las ideas. Aquí, una expresión desconocida hizo que la persona perdiera el sentido de lo que decía el hablante.
From the passage
“I was following the conversation until an unfamiliar phrase came up, and I lost the thread.”
made sense
Was clear and understandable. Here, hearing the sentence again helped the listener understand it.
ergab Sinn
War verständlich und nachvollziehbar. Hier half das erneute Hören dabei, den Satz zu verstehen.
tenía sentido
Era claro y comprensible. Aquí, volver a escuchar ayudó a entender la frase.
From the passage
“I listened again, and the sentence finally made sense.”
stayed with me
Remained in my memory or thoughts. Here, the idea was memorable after the conversation ended.
blieb mir im Gedächtnis
Blieb in meiner Erinnerung oder beschäftigte mich weiter. Hier blieb die Idee auch nach dem Gespräch im Gedächtnis.
se me quedó grabada
Permaneció en mi memoria o en mis pensamientos. Aquí, la idea siguió presente después de terminar la conversación.
From the passage
“One idea stayed with me long after the conversation ended.”
Prepared examples showing the app’s approach. Actual explanations can vary.
You pause, write it down, open a translator, and try to find your place again. And when you speak several languages, one translation may leave you wanting more.
Letora brings the passage, the word, and its meaning together. Understand what the speaker meant, connect it to the languages you know, and save it without copying everything by hand.
Follow the transcript as you listen. When the vocabulary or the idea becomes difficult, the surrounding passage is right there. Replay a sentence or select the words you need help with, without typing them into another app.
Sie schloss die Augen. Sie verstand nicht jedes Wort, aber sie verstand die Geschichte.
Choose the languages that matter to you. Build new vocabulary while revisiting familiar words in the languages you already speak—including your mother tongue.
For learners, multilingual listeners, and people making a home in another language.
See a definition in the original language, plus the translated word or phrase and an explanation in every language you choose. Listen in English, understand through German, and make the connection in Spanish—all in the same view.
Save vocabulary with the sentence it came from. Clip a passage that you want to remember, study, or use later. Your saved words and Clips keep their connection to the source, so you can come back to the idea as well as the language.
3Man versteht erst die Geschichte, dann die Sätze, dann die Wörter.
A thought for a friend. A quote for your next post. A passage you want to study more closely. Turn a saved Clip into a shareable quote card, with the author and book title when those details are available in your library.
Share it on social media or keep it in your own collection for later. The parts that matter become easier to find and use again.
I listen to audiobooks and podcasts in languages that aren’t my mother tongue. Sometimes a word gets in the way. Sometimes I know the words, but don’t understand what the speaker means.
I used to write things down and look them up manually. Even then, most translators gave me just one target language. I wanted to see the meaning in the original language, in German, and in Spanish together—with an explanation in each.
That’s how Letora began: a way to understand the content I care about while practicing the languages I speak. And when a passage is worth keeping, I want to find it again, study it, or share it.
Kris Bursuc Creator of Letora
Choose your languages, try the guided introduction, and listen to something that interests you. Letora is free to try on iPhone through TestFlight.
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