Mexican

In Mexico “train” is tren, and a train station is an estación de tren. The word is the same across Spanish.

The standard word is cobarde, used for a man or a woman. In casual Mexican speech you call a scared person gallina, literally “hen”.

The Mexican way to wish someone a good meal is Buen provecho. People often shorten it to Provecho.

In Mexico “tofu” is simply tofu, the same word as in English. It is pronounced TOH-foo.

In Mexico a shark is a tiburón. The word is the same across Spanish, and Mexican coasts have several types of shark. You can say un tiburón for the animal.

In Mexico a hug is an abrazo, and to hug is abrazar. People also end messages and calls with Un abrazo, meaning “a hug” or “best wishes”.

Golden is dorado in Mexican Spanish and describes a gold color, like toasted bread or the sun at sunset.

The number seven in Mexican Spanish is siete. It is the same in every Spanish-speaking country and is pronounced “SYEH-teh”.

In Mexico people mostly say muffins, using the English word with Spanish pronunciation, and bakeries sell them under that name.

In Mexican Spanish “jealous” is celoso for a man and celosa for a woman. It is the normal word in Mexico, with no special local version.