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With 126 M inhabitants, #Mexico is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, but all the varieties of #MexicanSpanish have lots of differences with the #Spanish spoken in Spain, mainly in pronunciation and vocabulary.

The chart below shows the most general and common different words used to name the same things in Mexico and Spain.

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The tiny teporingo (Romerolagus diazi) or volcano rabbit is endemic to the slopes of four volcanoes in Central #Mexico. It normally lives above 2,800 mts., close to the fields of a sort of volcano grass called “zacatón”. In #MexicanSpanish they are also called “zacatuche”, a word derived from #Nahuatl (“Aztec” language) “zacatochtli”, meaning “grass rabbit”. Unfortunately the teporingo is an endangered species due to overgrazing and fragmentation of its habitat.

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Known in #MexicanSpanish as „Nochebuena“ or “Flor de Pascua” (Euphorbia Pulcherrima), this plant is native to South #Mexico, where it can grow up to 4 mts. in the wild. In #Nahuatl (“ #Aztec ” language) it is called „cuetlaxochitl“ or „flower that withers“, its name in Zapotec is „gule-tiini“ and „sijoyo“ in Zoque language.

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate!
¡Feliz Navidad! 
Frohe Weihnachten!
Bon Nadal!
Buon Natale!
Feliz Natal! 

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@attribot @linguistics There are many of those adjectives in informal #MexicanSpanish . 1) "malvibroso" (from "mala vibra"), used to describe someone or something who gives off a bad vibe. 2) "mandilón" (from "mandil": apron or Schürze in #German), a man who always obeys his wife or girlfriend (mostly out of fear).

‘Quiúbole’

https://spanishunraveled.com/quiubole-meaning/

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During 250 years, the Philippines and New Spain (nowadays #Mexico ) were connected through the #Acapulco /Manila galleon. Unsurprisingly this century-old link left many marks on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, e.g. there are a number of words in #Tagalog adopted from #Nahuatl (“ #Aztec ”) language through Mexican Spanish and which are still very much in use. Some of them are presented in the picture below.

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During 250 years, the Philippines and New Spain (nowadays #Mexico ) were connected by the #Acapulco /Manila galleon. Unsurprisingly, this century-old link left many marks on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, e.g. there are a number of words in #Tagalog adopted from #Nahuatl (“ #Aztec ” language) through Mexican Spanish and they are still very much in use. Some of them are presented in the picture below.

#languages #MexicanSpanish

#spanishlanguage #MexicanSpanish #Mexico

Advanced learners of (Mexican) Spanish have a wonderful tool to practice their listening skills in the podcast "No hay tos" ("No problem" in #mexican #slang ) with Héctor Libreros and Roberto (Beto) Andrade. They are professional teachers of Spanish and make their conversations about a variety of topics and grammar- in authentic Mexican Spanish and partly in English - available to everyone on Youtube. Kudos to both of them!

https://www.youtube.com/@nohaytospodcast/videos

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Advanced learners of (Mexican) Spanish have a wonderful tool to practice their listening skills in the podcast "No hay tos" ("No problem" in #mexican #slang ) with Héctor Libreros and Roberto (Beto) Andrade. They are professional teachers of Spanish and make their conversations about a variety of topics and grammar- in authentic Mexican Spanish and partly in English - available to everyone on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/@nohaytospodcast/videos