Mexican

In Mexican Spanish “president” is presidente for a man and presidenta for a woman. The mayor of a town is presidente municipal.

In Mexico cookies are galletas. The same word covers sweet cookies and plain crackers, so people say galletas saladas when they mean crackers.

In Mexico a girlfriend is a novia. Pareja is a neutral word for “partner”, and it is often used for both sexes.

The Mexican Spanish word for turtle is tortuga. It is feminine and used for land, freshwater and sea turtles alike.

In Mexico an orphanage is orfanato.

The general word is caramelo. Mexico has its own famous caramel, cajeta, a thick sauce made by cooking goat milk with sugar.

A bra in Mexico is a brasier. In many other Spanish-speaking countries and in Spain it is a sostén, and Mexicans understand that word too.

In Mexico a bee is an abeja. The word is feminine, and honey is miel. A beehive is colmena and a beekeeper is apicultor.

In Mexico “shrimp” is camarón, and the plural is camarones. The word gamba is used in Spain and is not the usual Mexican choice.

In Mexico “be quiet” is Cállate to one person, which is blunt, and Cállense to a group. A polite version is Silencio, por favor.