Common Mexican Expressions

Question

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Common Mexican Expressions

In this post we will learn some words and expressions typically used in Mexican Spanish in everyday speech . Let´s take a look at them:

Agüitado ? sad
A poco no ? - I bet you didn´t ..
Fresa ? snob person, high class person
Güera ? blond (for a girl)
Escuincle/escuincla ? boy, girl
Chamaco/a ? young man, young woman
Güey ? guy, man
Cantina ? a bar
¿!Mande!? ? Excuse me? What were you saying?
¡Híjole! ? Wow! (Expression of surprise)
Padre ? cool, good (lit. father)
Platicar ? to chat, to talk
Señito ? ma´am (comes from señora)
No manches ? Don´t bug me, stop yanking my chain!

I'll have to look for the person that was asking about fresa.

"Güey", by the way, is very vulgar. - Agora, Apr 27, 2011

Answer 1

Common mexican expressions? Among whom?

Most of the expressions posted in this thread are used within the lesser educated groups of México. ¡Que son bastantes!

Answer 2

A word of advice to everyone who reads this thread.

Learning these words and phrases can be fun, and worthwhile knowing. But a word of caution, be very very careful where and with whom you use them, many can be quite offensive. I live in México and I hear many of these, but there are very few of them that I would use in my daily speech as I move around the city and in ordinary life.

Answer 3

Algunas mas:

El es muy buena onda - He's a great guy

Tratar a alguien con palos - To treat somebody badly. Por ejempl- Mi jefe simpre me trataba con palos. My boss always used to treat me like crap.

Te rompo la madre - I'll kick your ass

Chilango - Alguien de DF, Mexico

"Te rompo la madre" is much more than that. It could be a serious threat. - Agora, Apr 27, 2011

Answer 4

do you use metric or US standard measurements when doing Hispanic material?

Welcome to the forum Dac, I don't know why you posted this here but anyway, most of the Spanish speaking world uses the metric system. - Yeser007, Apr 27, 2011

Answer 5

Dale- what does that mean? I always hear it but never know exactly what one means by that.

Dale is like "do it". Like "Maneate chica, ¡dale!" meaning "shake it girl, do it!". Jaja, as well, you may hear, "dale pues", which means, "do it then." - DJ_Huero, Feb 10, 2011

Answer 6

Some slang words:

¡Chale! - Hell no! (strong disaprovement)
Simon - Yea man (show agreement, also a name)
órale - Hell yea (strong agreement)

Note: This may just be used in Southern California, I'm not sure if its used in Mexico.

Again, chale is like chill. (see ex on comments on pasabolita) and there is an accent on the i in Símon (spelled like that). - DJ_Huero, Feb 10, 2011

Answer 7

Chido -- cool (this guitar is very cool!)
Chale -- not good
jajaja -- laugh (hahaha)
Gacho -- non cool person
Naco -- low class person (mostly)

Chale is more like, chill. As in, "chale wey", meaning "chill out dude". Gacho is definently a non cool person, it's typically used toward rude people. - DJ_Huero, Feb 10, 2011

Answer 8

dale - ok

Answer 9

Here's some fun ones I have learned from travels in Mexico:

Anoche, Me puso hasta atras - Last night I got very drunk.

A una mujer guapa: Que Curvas, Y yo sin frenos! - What curves! and me without brakes!

Que guaperima! (from Guapa) Ravishing! Hottie! Gorgeous!

No me hagas como mi tio lolo, pendejo tu solo - A sing-song play on words that means: Don't play me for a fool you jerk.

No me hagas encabronar! - Don't get me pissed off.