r/dele_exam

It's not an IT problem or delay - at least for my CCSE results which I can now view and see.

But still no Dele results :(

For context, I lived in Spain for 9 years and did all of my secondary school education in Castellano and a little Valenciano, including bachillerato. I would have gone to university in Spain, had we not moved back to the UK during my gap year.

I'm confident that I can pass the B2, and may be able to pass C1 with a bit more time to practise.

I'm currently in the UK and considering getting into tutoring, translating or another job that could make better use of my language.

From an employers point of view, if they are looking for 'Spanish speaking', is B2 usually enough? Does C1 open up more opportunities?

Hope this makes sense!

I see that some of the DELE scores are grouped together rather than requiring you to pass every individual section.

For example, in the B2, Listening and Speaking are combined and you need 30/50 between them. So, at least in theory, someone could get 25/25 in Listening and only 5/25 in Speaking and still pass that group, despite doing terribly in Speaking.

Seems kind of insane that you could get the B2 certificate with a 5/25 speaking score lol.

I took and passed B2 in November 2025 (well, I didn't know until March 2026). While I have been doing things here and there to maintain my level, I would like to continue my journey to C1. Because of a scheduling conflict, I cannot take C1 until May 2027 so I have plenty of time to prepare for C1. Also, this conflict might be a good thing because I bombed the audio comprehension (9.XX) of B2. Although I did horribly in the audio comprehension, I did fine in the other areas - reading (20.XX), writing (21.XX) and speaking (25). I guess what I'm looking for is any advice or recommendations for something like "pre-C1" prep (clearly, I have to work on audio comprehension). I fear that if I start studying for the C1 exam itself, I will run out of prep materials and/or become burned out by the time May 2027 rolls around. If anyone else has been in this situation (i.e., having 9+ months to prepare for C1), I love to hear what worked and what didn't work for you.

Thanks in advance.

I've tried different languages exams such as Cambridge for English, delf for french and many more but the wait for the dele one is unacceptable. What's the thing in the entire evaluation process that needs that much time? Does anyone have any info about when are the results out? What's taking so long, given that the listening and reading are only multiple choice? Are we expecting them this week or are they keeping it as a surprise for September? Please tell me I'm not the only impatient one here.

Hi everyone,

I just saw a Facebook post uploaded about 21 hours ago by a Spanish tutor based in Spain. She stated that 7 of her students who took the May 2026 DELE A2 exam are already seeing an "APTO" result inside their Cervantes portal.

From what I've gathered by following other posts and discussions, the official results are generally expected to drop either around late August or early September. Because of this, I'm wondering if the Instituto Cervantes has already started a gradual rollout by region or level, or if this is related to some portal testing/glitch?

Is anyone else seeing updates on their portal, especially for other levels (B1, B2, etc.) or outside of Spain?

Here is the link to the post for reference:

https://www.facebook.com/61564002567431/posts/7-of-my-students-who-took-the-may-2026-dele-a2-exam-now-have-an-apto-result-in-t/122208520910466752/

Thanks!

I'm preparing for DELE C2 for Spanish (TL), and I just watched the example video for C2 Cambridge out of interest and it seems that their level of English was much higher than what's required for DELE C2 Spanish, based on the DELE example video. That said, some of them did still make mistakes or produce unnatural sentences occasionally.

Anyone have experience with both exams, whether it's C2 or another level? Though I did see another post where someone said DELE C2 is slightly harder than Cambridge C2. Maybe my perception is skewed because I'm a native English speaker. I'm just asking out of curiosity.

I'm also learning German so would be interested to know how that compares, or any other languages generally

hello guys Im living here in this r/ rent free till results come out. I HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION to all my fellas who also saw NOapto a while ago on the website while it was available. so, my dear NOapto squad….. while we’re in this hiatus: are you preparing right now De Nuevo to take this DELE again or are you just waiting for the result on email???? BECAUSE basically if the NOapto is real and the results are really gonna be in Sept, we’re losing time waiting …… cuz it will be basically only 1 month (!!!) to prepare for the october session. So I’m devastated and I dunno - are you guys right now in the preparation mode or like sitting still????

Seems like we may be in groups. Some of us saw on a website, APTP, NO APTO, or didn’t look in time to see these the postings.

Who will this be worse on? Users that saw APTO, and later get a NO APTO when the official results come out?

How about sitting around having seen NO APTO? Those folks wait, hoping NO APTO is somehow an APTO.

It is a question along the lines of, “Is it better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all?”

I mean, I am so curious about the cases of you guys. The results that briefly appeared said that I got an APTO. I found it to be just as expected. Like . I took the July C1 exam without knowing practically anything yet I got a 45/100, not very far from an APTO. After a year of consistent study the APTO that showed up didn’t surprise me.

I talked to my tutor who has a lot of students online about the results. He said that the students that he believed to be competent got APTOs and the ones less prepared got NO APTOs.

So I am wondering, if we all have got the results that fell within our predictions, could it mean that the results are more likely to be true ? Therefore we don’t have to be this frustrated

Could u guys share your situations?

Hi,
Does anyone have any update? I’m going crazy.🥲

I can't seem to find anything on the Cervantes website about this...

So for example, after Tarea 1 has played twice and its over, do I have any time to look over my answers or will I immediately hear "Tarea 2 you now have 30 seconds to read the questions" and have to move on?

Also, after the Tarea 5, do I have any time to look over my answers before I hand in my exam?

Thanks.

I built a Spanish vocabulary app to make daily practice easier – I'd love your feedback!

[I built a Spanish vocabulary app to make daily practice easier – I'd love your feedback!](https://www.reddit.com/r/alphaandbetausers/comments/1ve5qhe/i\_built\_a\_spanish\_vocabulary\_app\_to\_make\_daily/)

Hi everyone!

I've been learning Spanish for a while, and I always felt that most vocabulary apps were either too repetitive or too overwhelming.

So I decided to build my own app.

Some features include:

* 📚 Organized vocabulary by level and topic
* 🔊 Native pronunciation
* 📝 Example sentences
* ❤️ Save favorite words for review
* 📈 Track your learning progress

I'm still actively improving it, so I'd really appreciate any feedback from Spanish learners.

What features do you think are missing in most vocabulary apps?

If you'd like to try it, here's the link: (App)

Thank you! 😊

personally me very bad. i never knew I’m so impatient. also reading theories of ppl here regarding the results used to bring me so much joy but its been kinda silent here lately

A few weeks ago I opened a small set of founding spots for Spanish learners on Dioma, the platform I built for the stage after the apps, where you understand far more than you can actually say. Test takers, especially rigorous tests like the DELE, are a key group of people we want to help.

The first group is in and using it, and they have been generous with the honest feedback I asked for. A good amount of it is already built. The biggest one: they told me the corrections were sometimes flagging things they had got right, which is worse than no feedback at all, because you start doubting what you actually know. We rebuilt that part, and it is noticeably better as of Friday.

I have about ten founding spots left, and I would like some of them to go to people working toward the DELE or SIELE, where the writing and speaking sections are the half most people underprepare. Three months free, and in exchange I ask for the same honest feedback as you go. That is the whole deal.

It is built for intermediate and advanced learners, not beginners.

If that is you, comment below or message me and I will set you up.