How to Say “White” in Mexican Spanish
White in Mexican Spanish is blanco for masculine nouns and blanca for feminine ones.
White in Mexican Spanish is blanco for masculine nouns and blanca for feminine ones.
In Mexico a baby is bebé. The same word is used for boys and girls, and warm forms are bebito for a boy and bebita for a girl.
In Mexican Spanish a street gang is a pandilla. Many people also say banda, and a large drug trafficking group is a cártel.
In Mexico a red tomato is jitomate, and tomate refers to the green husked tomatillo. This is a difference from other Spanish-speaking countries.
A cheater at a game or exam is tramposo, or tramposa for a woman. A partner who cheats is infiel, which means unfaithful.
In Mexico the owl is a tecolote, from Nahuatl. Across the Spanish language the general word is búho, and a barn owl is a lechuza.
In Mexican Spanish a sauce is a salsa, and the word is the same you know from taco stands.
In Mexico a shot of tequila is caballito, which is also the name of the small glass. A medical shot is una inyección, and bar slang often uses un shot.
In Mexico a dishwasher machine is a lavavajillas, and lavaplatos is also understood. Both are masculine words, so say el lavavajillas.
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In Mexico salsa means a sauce, usually a spicy one served with food.