Mexico rocks
I was asked on the chat how I would translate this, as in Mexico is cool. I suggested:
México es guay, México mola....
But....would this be understood in México? Or In Ecuador'
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La traducción seria: México es suave. Pero los mexicanos decimos: México esta padre; o también diríamos (usando slang) "México esta a toda madre"
viva mexico
Guatemala es rey
Entonces, ¿por qué no se llama Guatebuena? 
A Mexican colleague of mine says he's use "está padre" with things like -for example- a car, but "México está padre" sounds a bit strange to him. He also suggests "México es padre", but "Como México no hay dos" appears to be his best choice.
"Mola" and "guay" are typical Spanish slang terms. Another way to say this (but this sounds a bit harder, and it can be interpreted in more than one way) is "México es la hostia".
If you want to use pure Spanish you would use the words Viva or Arriba the other terms are used in specific countries and those words are not Spanish. They are specific of certain country. Words like, "Chévere, bacano, chido, bacán, mola, la berraquera, etc. are not understood in all the Spanish speaking countries. The most common of the all is Chévere, but still, it is not pure Spanish. What you have to decide is, What is the quality of Spanish I want to learn, to use, or what kind of public am I going to reach. If you want to be proper and to reach any Spanish speaking person, I suggest you to use "viva and arriba" Viva México or Arriba México, España, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, etc
Guatemala es rey
Entonces, ¿por qué no se llama Guatebuena?
The reason why Guatemala is not call Guatebuena,
The origin of the name Guatemala is Indian, but its derivation and meaning are undetermined. Some hold that the name Guatemala means land of the trees in the Maya-Toltec language. Another thought is that the Nahuatl expression Quauhtitlan, which means "between the trees," gave the name to what we now know as Guatemala. That was the name the Tlaxcaltec soldiers who accompanied Pedro de Alvarado during the Spanish Conquest gave to this territory, perhaps translating into their language the word "Quiche," which means "many trees." One other idea is that Guatemala's name is a Spanish corruption of the Nahoa (Mexican) word coactlmoctl-lan, meaning "land of the snake-eating bird," a phrase that refers to the country's eagle.
(I shall ask a native at the next available convenience
Is this gramatically correct? it sounds ok but a little off -to me anyway- at "the next available convenience"''?
how about at the next available opportunity
or, I shall ask a native at the first chance.....
or as soons as I can
I think you are right Gus. What I wanted to say was something like "...at the earliest convenience". There is a phrase to express this in English and I can't quite remember it.
Guatemala es rey
Entonces, ¿por qué no se llama Guatebuena?
- I think that - in all seriousnes- Guatemala is a Mayan's word. I am ashamed to admit that I got no idea what it actually means if in fact, is a non Spanish word. I need to make some research on this,the easy way ,I think is to call the Guatemala's embassy and find out if any one there knows the origen and the meaning and the next action would be to look it up in the internet.But, hopefully one on you,great and wonderfull, highly inteligent,with an lets get up and find out what Guatemala menas attitud can save me all the work.*
Guatemala es la numero uno
Guatemala,la unica
Guatemala sin igual
Say yes to uatemala say no to the world
Guatemala manda
(I shall ask a native at the next available convenience
Is this gramatically correct? it sounds ok but a little off -to me anyway- at "the next available convenience"''?
how about at the next available opportunity
or, I shall ask a native at the first chance.....
or as soons as I can
Chingón means "Awesome". I think you will find bákan means "cool".
I thought it was "guey" with 2 dots over the "e"
http://www.mexicoguru.com/mexican-slang-meaning.php'date=071215
"Bákan" (now I know the spelling) definitely means cool but this doesn't mean that it's a bad translation of "Mexico rocks". Not as strong, maybe, but I could definitely imagine an Ecuadorian or Colombian saying "México es bákan" with a certain intonation and expressiveness to mean "Mexico rocks".
Chingón means "Awesome". I think you will find bákan means "cool".
I thought it was "guey" with 2 dots over the "e"
http://www.mexicoguru.com/mexican-slang-meaning.php'date=071215
Living in Ecuador I've never heard "México es guay, México mola'." and I don't know if they would be understood (I shall ask a native at the next available convenience).
Here they would probably say:
México es chevere
México es bakan (This is said more in Colombia and I absolutely don't know the spelling of this word; it could begin with a "V")
México es buenassa (Again, not sure of the spelling)
Como Guatemala no hay otra
Guatemala es rey
By the way I lived in México for a while (almost 12 years) and I never heard of any of these: "México es guay, México mola'" maybe they are used in a different part of the country than where I been.
Esto es como se dice en España, Yoli.
Oh! That makes sense...sorry for the confusion, Heidita.
By the way I like; "Mexico rocks"! much better'
I have heard all of Yolii's and Shrek's suggestions used by Mexicans, as well as a todo dar, chevere, and de poca madre (which is interesting in that I think it means much the same thing as "a toda madre"), in the meaning of something "rocks."
But the one that I have heard most often in the context of Mexico is what Yolii said: como México no hay dos.
