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1. Quick Guide
to Mexican
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2. Quick Guide
to Mexican
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About the
“Quick Guide To Mexican Spanish”........................5
Spanish Words & Phrases from Mexico.................. 7
About the authors:
The Story of Speaking Latino..................................72
Other Spanish vocabulary books..........................75
Photos & Illustrations Credits..................................76
Useful external links
Mexican Spanish resource page......................14
Mexican Spanish YouTube playlist.....................34
Quick Guide to More Mexican Spanish...........52
Mexican Spanish articles....................................71
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABOUT THE
“QUICK GUIDE TO MEXICAN SPANISH”
This quick guide of words and phrases from
Mexico will help you better understand this North
American country. The collection of over 500
terms and sayings will help you become familiar
with the richness of Mexican Spanish. It includes
colloquially used words and some dirty ones too!
Each term has been defined in English and
synonyms are included when available. There
are also more than 400 example sentences. Each
entry is presented as follows:
aflojó: 1) to give in, say yes 2) finally
agreed to sex, allowed intercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
0 1) ¿Habló o no habló? - Aflojó y
cantó como pajarito 2) ¿Aflojó o no? -
No, se apretó.
Abbreviations and Symbols:
SYN: synonyms or similar words
0 example sentence

7. Spanish Words
& Phrases
from Mexico

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A
a chuchita la
bolsearon: a poor
and unbelievable/
irrelevant excuse or
pretext
0 Me vas a salir con
que a chuchita la
bolsearon y no voy a
permitir excusas.
a huevo: by force,
forced to do
something
SYN: a fuerza
0 No quiere comer.
Ahora se lo come a
huevo.
a la verde: the heck
with it
SYN: a la verga
a lo bestia: used for
huge quantities of
something
SYN: un montón
0 Si supieras que
Miguel está ganando
dinero a lo bestia.
a patín: on foot
SYN: a golpe de
calcetín
0 ¿Como te vas a ir
a tu casa? A patín no
hay de otra.
a su madre: very
good
a vergazo :
submission by
physical beating
SYN: a chingadazos
0 Y lo agarramos a
vergazos y empezó a
llorar como niña.
abre sodas: bottle
opener
SYN: destapador
0 Necesito el abre
sodas, por favor.
abusado: from the
word “aguzado,” be
aware of something
or someone, possible
danger, alert, on
guard
0 Ponte abusado
en el centro, roban
mucho.
A PATÍN

9. 8
acelerado: frantic,
hyperactive, in a
hurry
SYN: con prisa
0 Andas todo
acelerado, relájate
un poco.
achicalada: beating
SYN: madriza
0 Le pusimos una
achicalada que no
se le va a olvidar en
un mes.
achicopalar:
embarrass, humiliate
SYN: aguitar
0 No se me
achicopale, todo va
a estar bien.
achisparse: to get
drunk
acoplar: to crash a
party
SYN: colar
0 No te puedes
acoplar esta vez
porque van a revisar
en la entrada a
todos.
acostón: sexual
encounter between
two individuals which
results in a “walk of
shame” for one of
them and a “brag
story” for the other
0 La noche terminó
en un acostón.
aflojó: 1) to give
in, say yes 2) finally
agreed to sex,
allowed intercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
0 1) ¿Habló o no
habló? - Aflojó y
cantó como pajarito
2) ¿Aflojó o no? - No,
se apretó.
agachón: a pushover,
a loser, a mama’s boy
agandallar: take
advantage of a
situation, to steal
something
SYN: arrebatar
ACHIPARSE

10. 9
0 Hay que
agandallar las
bicicletas ahorita
que no están viendo.
/ Tenemos que
llegar temprano a
agandallar asientos.
agarrar en curva:
to surprise a person,
similar to the
expression “like a
deer in headlights”
SYN: por sorpresa
0 ¿Dónde están
los reportes? Me
agarró en curva jefe,
permítame buscarlos.
agasajo: passionate
encounter that does
not end up in sex,
making out
SYN: faje
0 Jenny y David
están en pleno
agasajo.
aguas: look out!,
expression of warning
SYN: cuidado
0 Aguas en ese
lugar, es muy
peligroso de noche. /
Aguas con la pared,
la pintura está fresca.
aguas frescas: a
light non-alcoholic
beverages that
combines fruits,
cereals, flowers, or
seeds with sugar and
water, usually sold by
street vendors
agüite: sadness,
shame, discomfort
SYN: triste, decaído,
deprimido
0 Usted no se
agüite, después va la
nuestra.
agujetas: shoe laces
AGUAS FRESCAS
AGUJETAS

11. 10
ah caray: hold on,
wait a sec
0 ¿Ah caray? Creo
que estas cuentas
están mal hechas,
tendré que volverlas
a hacer.
ah, chinga: what?
really?
0 No pudimos
evitarlo. - Ah chinga,
explícamelo paso a
paso.
ah, muy chingón:
question a person’s
acts or statements,
challenging a
person’s ability
SYN: en serio
0 Pero me dijo él
que lo podía hacer.
Ah, muy chingón, que
lo haga entonces.
ahí nos vidrios:
farewell, see you later
SYN: adiós
0 Ahí nos vidrios, ya
estoy muy cansado,
me voy a mi casa.
ahorita: right now at
this moment, or more
commonly, whenever
one gets around to
it after an indefinite
period of time, but
probably today
SYN:
inmediatamente, en
este momento
0 Ahorita mismo te
vas a la casa.
ajá: another way to
say “yes”
SYN: si, esta bien, ok
0 ¿Entendiste todo lo
que te dije? ¡Ajá!
ajuchar: irritate
another person make
him angry or upset
0 Ya no andes
ajuchando a Raúl,
que es muy bravo.
al ratón nos vemos:
see you later
al tiro con: be aware
of something or
someone, possible
danger
SYN: cuidado
0 Al tiro con esa
colonia en la noche,
asaltan mucho.

12. 11
alberca: a swimming
pool
alipuz: alcoholic
beverage of any kind
SYN: un trago
0 ¿Nos tomamos
unos alipuces o qué?
alzar: to clean up, to
pick up
SYN: guardar
0 Necesito alzar los
platos.
amarra navajas: a
gossip
amolar: to spoil or
break something
SYN: descomponer,
chingar, fregar
0 Ya te amolaste la
computadora.
andar bien coco: to
be high on cocaine
andar pacheco: to
be high
antro: a nightclub
SYN: discoteca
0 Esta noche voy al
antro.
apañar: 1) to make
out 2) take an object
or seat, without giving
any kind of notice,
usually refers to take
advantage of being
the first on something,
or stealing
SYN: 1) fajar 2) robar
0 1) Tiene mucho
tiempo que no apaño
con mi esposo, quizás
me engaña. 2) Me
apañé la tarea de
Alicia, no se dio
cuenta. / Apaña los
asientos antes que
ALBERCA
ALIPUZ

13. 12
intercourse
0 La verdad me
gustaba la chica,
pero se apretó.
apuñalar la araña: to
screw, have sex
apurarse: hurry up,
get moving
SYN: ¡ándale!
0 Apúrate a cocinar
que en un rato llega
tu papá.
araña: 1) an easy
woman, generous
in sexual favors but
with little grace,
education or looks 2)
an ugly prostitute 3)
pussy
SYN: 2) puta
0 2) Entonces nos
vamos a la zona roja
y buscamos unas
arañas.
argüende: gossip,
mess
SYN: alaraca
0 ¿Por qué tanto
argüende?
arrastrar la cobija: to
llegue más gente.
apapacho: a caress
or pampering
SYN: consentir
0 Necesito un
apapacho, me siento
mal.
apartado: the part in
someone’s hair
SYN: la raya
0 Me hice el
apartado por en
medio.
aplatanado: without
energy, slow
SYN: apendejado
0 Me siento
aplatanado, algo no
me cayó bien en la
cena.
aplicó: a payback,
getting back at
someone
0 Esta vez no fue
posible escaparnos
de la clase, la
maestra nos la aplicó
y nos cerró la puerta.
apretar: to deny
sex, not to allow

14. 13
avivarse: expression
to say “Pay
attention!”
SYN: fíjate!
0 Si no nos avivamos
al rato, nos ganan el
lugar.
ay nanita: expression
of fear
ay, no mames: don’t
lie, I don’t believe
you
0 Ay, no mames,
que eso te lo crea tu
abuelita.
be depressed, sad or
sleepy
SYN: deprimido
0 Ya supéralo y deja
de andar arrastrando
la cobija.
atorar: to harm or
hide, to rob
SYN: robar
0 ¿Qué te pasó?
Me atoraron en la
esquina.
aventarse un palo: to
get laid
SYN: echarse un palo
0 Me aventé un palo
antes de salir de
viaje.

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23. This quick guide of words and
phrases from Mexico will help
you better understand this North
American country. The collection
of over 500 terms and sayings will
help you become familiar with the
richness of Mexican Spanish. It
includes colloquially used words
and some dirty ones too!
Each term has been defined in
English and synonyms are included
when available. There are also
more than 400 example sentences
and 50 illustrations.
Quick Guide
to Mexican
Spanish

24. QUICK GUIDE TO MEXICAN SPANISH
END OF PREVIEW
http://www.speakinglatino.com/mexican-spanish/
YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE THIS
FREE BONUS
We will include LEARNING THE
LOCAL LANGUAGE, a free eBook
with 20 pages of tips, tricks and
hints on learning local Spanish and
slang in any country.