Sally Wendy

In Mexico a barber is a barbero and his shop is a barbería. Peluquero is a general hairdresser, and peluquería is the shop for it.

In Mexico a beet is a betabel.

A “snowman” in Mexican Spanish is a muñeco de nieve, literally a doll of snow. The word works for both men and women and you can add un gran muñeco.

On Mexican road signs “stop” is ALTO, and shouting ¡Alto! tells someone to halt. In speech para or detente are used.

The root is called jengibre in Mexican Spanish. It is used in teas, juices and cooking.

A bucket in Mexico is a cubeta. Other Spanish speakers say balde or cubo, and Mexicans may understand those words but rarely use them.

In Mexico a donut is dona, plural donas. It is feminine, so Mexicans say una dona de chocolate. Order by saying quiero una dona or me da dos donas.

Mexicans say menso (a mild, casual word), tonto or idiota for a moron. Pendejo is very common in Mexico, but it is vulgar and offensive.

A glove is a guante in Mexican Spanish. Because gloves come in pairs, you usually hear the plural guantes.

Monkey is mono in standard Spanish, and Mexicans very often say chango as well. A female is mona or changa.