Three modes, one curriculum
From your first matador to your first farol.
A complete Truco trainer — built like a course, plays like a card game. Pick up wherever you are.
Learn
Ten bilingual lessons walk you from the deck to bluffing strategy. Every concept gets a hand to play.
Practice
Quick drills — card ranking, envido math, “what would you call?” Earn streaks. Build instincts.
Play
Full match against Luna, Martín, or Don Benicio. Three difficulty tiers. Their voices, their personalities.
Your real-time voice coach
Talk to Sofía or Andrés.
“Your envido is 31 — that's a power hand.”“Mano wins ties. It's one of the little gifts of sitting first.”“Bien jugado, che. Vamos por la revancha.”
Stuck on envido math? Curious about a strategy? Want to chat in Spanish? Tap the mic and your coach picks up — bilingual, warm, and an expert on the game.
Patient, warm, encouraging. The friend who'll walk you through your first envido without making you feel small.
Porteño café energy. Knows every saying, every trick. Will tell you when you nailed a bluff — and when you didn't.
A real game, a real culture
Truco is the soundtrack of Argentine Sundays.
Played in cafés, on patios, in the Pampas — Truco is part of the everyday in Argentina. Cousins, abuelos, friends from primaria all gather around the same matchstick scoreboard.
It's also one of the best ways to learn Spanish. The cantos — ¡Truco!, ¡Quiero!, ¡Falta envido! — stay in Spanish. The strategy gets explained however you need it. By the end of a few matches, you'll catch yourself thinking in the language.
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