Mexican

The sea animal is a foca in Mexican Spanish. A stamp or a closure is a sello, and the verb “to seal” is sellar. Zoos and nature shows talk about a foca.

Seafood in Mexican Spanish is mariscos.

In Mexican Spanish “please” is por favor. Friends often shorten it to porfa.

In Mexico January is enero. Month names are not capitalized in Spanish, so you write enero and not “Enero” in the middle of a sentence.

In Mexican Spanish the casual way to say “pee” is hacer pipí.

Wood as a material is madera in Mexican Spanish. For firewood you say leña. A woods or forest is a different word, bosque.

The Mexican way to say bon appétit is Buen provecho. People often shorten it to Provecho.

A gangster in Mexican Spanish is usually a pandillero, a member of a pandilla. The English loan gánster is also understood.

Castle is castillo in Mexican Spanish, the same as everywhere else. The best known one in Mexico is the Castillo de Chapultepec in Mexico City.

In Mexico a “ladybug” is catarina. In Spain people say mariquita, and you may hear that word from other countries, but catarina is the one Mexicans use.