Mexican

In Mexico people usually say pasto for grass, especially a lawn.

In Mexico vegetables are verduras. Hortalizas is a formal alternative. Typical phrases are sopa de verduras, verduras al vapor and come tus verduras.

Mexicans most often say rico for “delicious”, as in está muy rico. Delicioso and sabroso are also common and fit any situation.

Yesterday in Mexican Spanish is ayer. For last night, Mexicans say anoche or the very common ayer en la noche. The day before yesterday is antier.

In Mexican Spanish “alcohol” is alcohol, and alcoholic drinks are bebidas alcohólicas. Mexicans call a beer a chela in casual talk.

The Spanish word is paciencia, in Mexico as everywhere. Mexicans say ten paciencia to a friend and tenga paciencia to someone they address as usted.

In Mexico a prescription is a receta or, more fully, a receta médica. The same word receta also means a cooking recipe.

In Mexico hominy is maíz pozolero, the large white kernels used for the stew called pozole. Corn cooked with lime for tortilla dough is called nixtamal.

In Mexico a thin steak is a bistec, a fillet cut is a filete and the well-known skirt steak is arrachera.

The most common word for “bright” in Mexico is brillante. For a room full of light Mexicans say luminoso, and for strong colors vivo or brillante.