Mexican

In Mexico a city block is a cuadra. People give directions with it, as in a dos cuadras de aquí, meaning “two blocks from here”.

In Mexico the usual way to say “congratulations” is Felicidades. Felicitaciones is also understood, and enhorabuena sounds formal.

An egg is huevo in Spanish. In Mexico people also used blanquillo for an egg, mostly in older speech, because huevo has a vulgar second meaning.

In Mexican Spanish the child-friendly word for “poop” is popó. Caca is also common and more neutral. As a polite phrase, people say hacer del baño.

In Mexico “I love my family” is Amo a mi familia.

A whale is a ballena in Mexico, as in all Spanish. A humpback is ballena jorobada and a gray whale is ballena gris.

In Mexico the name David is written David, the same as in English, but it is said with the stress on the last syllable: “dah-VEED”.

In Mexico “towel” is toalla. A bath towel is toalla de baño and a small hand towel is a toallita.

In Mexican Spanish people usually say loco (or loca for a woman) for a lunatic, and lunático sounds bookish. Chiflado is a milder, joking word.

In Mexico the polite term is empleada doméstica or trabajadora del hogar. The older word sirvienta is still heard but many people find it disrespectful.