Mexican

Watermelon in Mexican Spanish is sandía. It is feminine, so la sandía. The word is the same in Spain and many other countries.

In Mexico a doorknob is usually perilla. Manija is also used for a handle, and pomo is the usual word in Spain.

In Mexico a pervert is pervertido for a man and pervertida for a woman. Depravado is stronger.

The word for “dog” is perro in Mexico. A female dog is perra, a puppy is cachorro and perrito is a friendly small dog.

In Mexico sweatpants are called pants, spoken close to the English sound. A full phrase is pants deportivos or pantalón deportivo.

On Mexican menus an omelette is simply omelette, often written omelet.

A button shirt in Mexican Spanish is camisa. A T-shirt is called playera in Mexico, so the two garments have different words.

The fruit is melón in Mexican Spanish, with an accent on the last syllable. It is masculine, so el melón.

On Mexican road signs “stop” is ALTO, and shouting ¡Alto! tells someone to halt. In speech para or detente are used.

In Mexican Spanish “amazing” is increíble in neutral speech. Casual Mexican words are padrísimo (“super cool”) and chido (“cool”).