Mexican

In Mexico the everyday word is temblor. Officials and news use sismo, and terremoto is kept for a very strong, destructive quake.

In Mexican Spanish “lettuce” is lechuga. It is the same word used across the Spanish speaking world, with no special Mexican version.

In Mexico the fruit and the color are both naranja. Anaranjado also works for the color, and orange juice is jugo de naranja.

In Mexico a country, meaning a nation, is a país. The countryside is el campo, so the two meanings of English “country” use different words.

The standard way is hasta luego. Mexicans also say nos vemos (“we see each other”) and al rato, meaning “in a while”, for a short goodbye.

In Mexico a restaurant list of dishes is menú. La carta is also understood and is more common in Spain. To ask for it you say ¿Me trae el menú, por favor?

The standard word in Mexico for “selfish” is egoísta. It has one form for men and women, so you say Él es egoísta and Ella es egoísta.

In Mexican Spanish a doll is muñeca. A boy doll or an action figure is muñeco and a rag doll is muñeca de trapo.

To greet a friend in Mexico say Hola, amigo to a man and Hola, amiga to a woman. ¿Qué onda? is the casual Mexican way to say “what is up”.

The verb “to cook” is cocinar. The person is a cocinero or a cocinera.