Mexican

The best-known Mexican word for “dude” is güey, often written wey. It is slang for a friend or guy. Cuate and compa are friendly options.

Spanish uses two words. The outer ears you can see are orejas, and oídos are the ears as the organ of hearing. Mexican Spanish follows the same rule.

The word for squid is calamar. On menus in Mexico the dish is usually plural, as in calamares fritos or calamares a la plancha.

In Mexico the warmest word for “cuddle” is apapachar, which means to hold and pamper someone with affection.

In Mexican Spanish “amen” is amén, said at the end of a prayer. Some people add or replace it with así sea, “so be it”.

Miracle is milagro in Mexican Spanish. It is masculine, so un milagro and el milagro.

In Mexican Spanish “quiet” is callado for a person who does not talk much. A noiseless place is silencioso or tranquilo.

In Mexican Spanish a rich person is rico (feminine rica). The more formal word is adinerado, and ricachón is a mocking way to say a very rich person.

In Mexican Spanish “purple” is morado. Púrpura is the formal or literary word, and violeta is a lighter violet shade.

A stroke is a derrame cerebral in Mexico. People also say embolia, and doctors use infarto cerebral or evento vascular cerebral.