Songs at level C1
The 13 cards we grade at C1, across 6 languages and 2263 study entries. Every card links to its own page, with the words it teaches and a few real questions you can try without an account.
What C1 means for a song
At C1 the difficulty is rarely the words. It is compression — a line that says three things at once, or leans on a reference the writer assumed you would have. These cards are for people who already understand the language and want the half-step from understanding it to hearing it at full speed without translating first.
This level
- Songs
- 13
- Languages
- 6
- Study entries
- 2263
- Quiz questions
- 455
Songs at this level
Sorted from the easiest card to the hardest within the level.
What C1 vocabulary looks like
A sample from the songs at this level, one table per language. Single words only — the full list for a song is on its own page.
English
| EN | ES | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| arms | brazos | braccia | bras | braços | armen | Arme |
| chance | oportunidad | occasione | chance | oportunidade | kans | Chance |
| unnecessary | innecesario | inutile | inutile | desnecessário | onnodig | unnötig |
| awful | horrible | orribile | horrible | horrível |
By language
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How we grade a song
Each card gets a CEFR grade from its own lyric — vocabulary spread, sentence length, tense range and how much of it is idiom. The full method is in the levels guide.
Read the levels guide →