Mexican

The usual word for spirit is espíritu. For high spirits or morale people say ánimo, and a ghost is a fantasma.

In Mexican Spanish “plate” is plato. A deeper plate for soup is plato hondo and a flat plate is plato extendido or simply plato.

Gluten is gluten in Mexican Spanish, spelled like the English word and pronounced GLOO-ten. Restaurants and shops use sin gluten for gluten free food.

In Mexico a mop is trapeador. The verb is trapear, to mop a floor. Spain uses fregona, which Mexicans do not normally say.

Grilled is asado in Mexico, as in carne asada. Say a la parrilla for food on a grill and a la plancha for food cooked on a flat griddle.

In Mexico hot chocolate is chocolate caliente.

A sausage in Mexican Spanish is a salchicha, like a hot dog. Mexicans also love chorizo, a spicy red pork sausage, and the long thin longaniza.

In Mexican Spanish a zoo is zoológico. People often shorten it to zoo, but zoológico is the word on signs and in conversation.

Good evening in Mexico is Buenas noches, used once it is getting dark. Earlier in the evening many people still say Buenas tardes.

In Mexico the sweet food is miel. As a term of endearment people say mi amor, mi vida or cariño. Miel is rarely used as a pet name in Mexico.