Mexican

The common Mexican way to say “my love” is mi amor. Couples also say mi vida (“my life”) or mi cielo (“my sky”).

In Mexico an eagle is an águila. The word is feminine but takes el in the singular, so you say el águila and las águilas.

In Mexico a drinking glass is a vaso. The material glass is vidrio, and a stemmed glass, such as for wine, is a copa.

In Mexico rum is ron, the same word as in all of Spanish. It is the drink behind a cuba libre, which is rum and cola with lime.

The word is diarrea in Mexico and in the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.

A rooster in Mexican Spanish is a gallo, a masculine noun. The hen is a gallina and a baby chick is a pollito.

A grandmother is an abuela in Mexican Spanish. Speakers often use the loving abuelita in daily talk. Use mi abuela in introductions and writing.

A brother in Mexican Spanish is a hermano. A younger or beloved brother is a hermanito, and the slang carnal is used for a brother or a very close friend.

In Mexico “home” is casa, the word used in everyday talk. Hogar is the warmer and more formal word, found in phrases like hogar dulce hogar.

The neutral way to agree in Mexican Spanish is Estoy de acuerdo, “I agree”. In casual talk Mexicans accept a plan with sale or va, meaning “okay, deal”.