Video Chat with Spanish Women from Spain, free in one tap

Spanish women and Latina women share a language, not a country, and the Spanish you hear on a call from Spain has a sound of its own. The differences are small enough that nobody gets lost and big enough to notice in the first minute.

The plural you is the clearest sign. In most of Spain, speaking to two or more friends takes vosotros, as in ¿Qué queréis? for what do you all want, while Latin America uses ustedes for everyone. The Canary Islands and parts of western Andalusia use ustedes too, so even inside Spain it depends on where she grew up.

The second sign is the letter z. Across most of Spain, z and the c in ce and ci sound like the th in think, so cinco comes out close to THEEN-koh and gracias close to GRAH-thyahs. In the Canary Islands, much of Andalusia and all of Latin America the same letters sound like an s.

Then there is vale, Spain's everyday word for okay, which you will hear more than once in one call. None of this needs studying before you press start; it simply helps to know why her Spanish may not match the Spanish from a class or a series.

Start with hola and her name, then ask what you would ask anyone you have just met. ¿Qué tal? works at any hour, and ¿De dónde eres? (where are you from?) tends to open more than a one word answer, because a hometown in Spain often comes with a region and sometimes a second language attached.

Ask about her, not about Spain in general. Questions about her city, her work, what she studied or what she is reading lead somewhere; a list of holiday clichés does not. If you have been to Spain, say where and when, and let her tell you what you missed.

Your Spanish does not need to be good. Trying a few words and switching to English when you get stuck is normal on a call across a border, and a short gracias at the end is always welcome. If the conversation does not click, thank her and move on to the next person.

Press start and Cafe connects your camera with another person's within seconds. Matching is random: you see who is there, and the other person sees you. There is no account to create first, no form to fill in and no card to enter.

The gender filter is the one setting that changes who you meet. It runs on coins, and creating a free account gives you 125 of them. With the filter on, the people matched with you are women; with it off, anyone can be next.

Calls run with no time limit and last until one of you moves on. Skipping is free and unlimited, which makes it easy to keep going until the next call is the one you were hoping for.

Matching works the same way across Cafe, and random video chat is where the whole idea is laid out.

Calls are free. Nothing has to be unlocked and no subscription exists: press start and the call happens. Coins come in only for the gender filter; sign up for a free account and 125 coins are yours to try it.

If you ever buy coins, the card statement stays discreet. Nothing else on Cafe asks for payment, so talking to new people costs nothing for as long as you keep using it.

Everything else that comes without a price is listed under free video chat on the Cafe site.

Any phone, tablet or computer with a browser can run Cafe; there is nothing to install. Load the site, give it access to your camera and microphone, and tap start.

Android users also have the Cafe app on Google Play. iPhone owners use the browser instead, since there is no iOS app, and get the same free calls and the same encryption.

A front camera at eye level and some light on your face help more than any setting. If you are calling Spain in the evening from the Americas, it will be daytime where you are, so a window in front of you is the easiest light there is.

Curious how a one to one camera call works from start to finish? Read 1v1 video chat for the basics.