How to Say “Tipsy” in Mexican Spanish
In Mexico a polite way to say “tipsy” is alegre. More plainly people say medio borracho for half drunk.
In Mexico a polite way to say “tipsy” is alegre. More plainly people say medio borracho for half drunk.
In Mexican Spanish a “kettle” is tetera. For an electric kettle people also say hervidor eléctrico, and for a stovetop kettle with a whistle tetera.
In Mexico “tree” is árbol. The accent is on the first syllable, AR-bol, and the plural is árboles.
The correct word for stomach is estómago. In everyday talk Mexicans say panza for the belly, as in me duele la panza.
To say “well done” in Mexico you can say Bien hecho or Buen trabajo. For a bigger achievement, Felicidades means “congratulations”.
In Mexico people usually say rasurarse for “to shave” and rasurar for shaving someone or something.
In Mexico you can say Hola, hermano to a brother. Between friends the slang is ¿Qué onda, carnal?, where carnal means close friend or brother.
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Golf is simply golf in Mexican Spanish, pronounced like the English word with a short o as golf.
In Mexico a close friend, a “homie”, is a cuate or a carnal. Compa is a shorter, friendly form of compadre and is used the same way.
Respect in Mexican Spanish is respeto, a masculine noun. The verb is respetar, and the adjective is respetuoso. Respect is a big value in Mexican families.