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In Mexico you can say Hola, ¿cómo estás? to almost anyone your age.

Mexican Spanish has no native word for a bagel, so people say bagel, borrowed from English. The plural is bagels.

A very Mexican way to say “wow” is ¡Órale!

In Mexican Spanish people usually say loco (or loca for a woman) for a lunatic, and lunático sounds bookish. Chiflado is a milder, joking word.

A river in Mexican Spanish is río, a masculine noun, so you say el río. Smaller streams are arroyo or riachuelo.

In Mexico toasted bread is pan tostado. A toast made with raised glasses is a brindis, and the verb is brindar.

In Mexico the flying animal is a murciélago and a baseball bat is a bate. Context makes it clear, since the two have no word in common.

In Mexican Spanish “diamond” is diamante. A cut and polished stone in a ring is often called brillante. Say un anillo de diamantes for a diamond ring.

In Mexico people say Chevy for a Chevrolet car, and Chevrolet is the full name of the brand. A car can be called un Chevy.

In Mexico a bartender is often called bartender, borrowed from English. The traditional word is cantinero, from cantina, and barman is understood too.