Savannah Maureen

In Mexico the green “lime” is called limón. The word lima in Mexico often means a sweet lime or a nail file. In other countries lima is the green citrus.

In Mexico “I am hungry” is Tengo hambre, literally “I have hunger”. For very hungry say Estoy muerto de hambre, and an emphatic form is Tengo un hambre.

To tell someone to relax, Mexicans say relájate or tranquilo (feminine tranquila). The verb is relajarse, and the polite form is relájese.

In Mexico a reservation is usually a reservación, especially for hotels and restaurants.

In Mexico August is agosto. Months are written in lowercase in Spanish, and the word is masculine.

In Mexican Spanish “light” as brightness is luz.

A person who camps is a campista. The vehicle you sleep in is usually called a casa rodante, and many people also borrow the English word camper.

The word for sun is sol. It is the same in Mexico, where sunny weather is part of daily life.