Mexican

Morning is mañana in Mexican Spanish. Mexicans often say en la mañana for “in the morning”, while por la mañana is just as correct.

The word for special is especial. It is the same in Mexico and works for people, days and things.

In Spanish it is Feliz Cinco de Mayo. The date remembers a battle in Puebla in 1862, and it is not Mexican Independence Day.

Mexican Spanish has no native word for a bagel, so people say bagel, borrowed from English. The plural is bagels.

In Mexico good morning is Buenos días, used until about noon. A friendly variation is Buen día.

A very Mexican way to say “wow” is ¡Órale!

Thirty is treinta in Mexico, the same as everywhere in Spanish. Numbers above it add y and the units, as in treinta y uno.

Zero is cero in Mexico, the same as in the rest of the Spanish world.

In Mexico tennis shoes are simply tenis, always in the plural. You can also say zapatos tenis.

A goal in life or work is a meta in Mexican Spanish. In football a goal that is scored is a gol.