Mexican

In Mexico the word for hospital is hospital, spelled the same as in English with a silent h.

In Mexican Spanish “rabbit” is conejo. A female rabbit is coneja and a baby rabbit is conejito.

In Mexican Spanish “liar” is mentiroso for a man and mentirosa for a woman. The verb is mentir. The word is the same in Mexico as elsewhere.

A cough is tos in Mexico and the verb “to cough” is toser. To say you have a cough use tengo tos.

The word for street is calle. It is the same in Mexico, where addresses are written as calle, a name and a number.

In Mexico Hola is the standard hello. When answering the phone, many Mexicans say Bueno instead, and friends often say ¿Qué onda?

In Mexico a pimple is a grano or, very commonly in everyday speech, a barro. Both words are understood by everyone.

In Mexico a taco is a tortilla, usually corn, with a filling such as meat, onion and cilantro. The word is the same in Mexican Spanish and in English.

In Mexico the word for spicy is picante, and people also say picoso. Asking ¿Pica? is the quick way to find out if a dish is hot.

For “mommy”, Mexican children say mami or the even softer mamita. Both are warm forms of mamá.