Wanderlusting - Spanish

More Mexican Spanish Slang-- cursing in el DF

Brook — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:36:12 +0000

After my first post on Mexican Spanish Slang I wanted to share this blog I just came across that is devoted to swearing in Mexico City.

http://swearindf.blogspot.com/

It's a compilation of some very slangy curse words that made me laugh and laugh. The author provides mini-dialogues with translations to really give you the idea. Very good stuff.

Highlights of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Nikki — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:55:24 +0000

San Cristóbal de las Casas is a charming colonial town nestled into the green mountains of Mexico's southern state Chiapas. Home of the Zapatista uprising of 1994, the feeling in town these days is much more refined than revolucionario. A few things to check out:

Mexico City Highlights

Nikki — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:44 +0000

Although we didn't see nearly as much as we hoped with museums and events closed for swine flu, here are some great things to check out in Mexico City.

Any trip to Mexico City should start by reading David Lida's First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century. The book is chock-full of fun facts and interesting insight into a fascinating city.

Doorways in Latin America

Nikki — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:26:37 +0000

The doorways found in Latin America (and Europe) are so much more exciting than ours... Below are a few favorites from our travels.

México, DF

Uruguay, Colonia Suiza

Uruguay, Colonia del Sacramento

España, Briones

Mexican Spanish Slang

Brook — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:48:12 +0000

Some Slang Used In Mexico
I don't know it all, but here are some of the slang words and uses I have picked up in Mexico. Some of them may actually used in other Latin American countries as well.

Güey- Probably the most used slang in Mexico. It is like "dude," and is used ALL the time (pronounced almost like “way”).
Pinche- fucking (adj.)
No manches- No way! Not to be used in formal situations.
No mames- No way! The cussword version. Definitely do not use this in formal situations. literally it basically means don't blow me.
Mamada- blow job
@- used when a word can be male or female, to represent both the “O” and the “A” in the word.

Mexico City Sights: Introduction

Brook — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:01:41 +0000

Hello all! My time in Mexico is winding down. I have only 3 months left on my contract, and then will be moving to NY where my fella lives. I have been thinking about what is on my "list"-- things I want to make sure I do before I leave. I was recently at a happy hour for NGO workers and environmentalists, and another gringa I chatted with mentioned that she was thinking about her list as well. I also recently had some visitors with whom I saw some of the basic sights again, and loved them just as much-- or more!-- than the first or second (or third) time(s).

White Secret

Brook — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:44:29 +0000

A commercial for a skin-whitening lotion called White Secret has inspired some musings about race and skin color in Mexico. A few thoughts.

Money into power

Brook — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:16:53 +0000

Hello again, from the biggest city in the world!* A few weekends ago, I went to a very fresa bar with some of my lawyer friends here (young feminist lawyers from the organization I work for). Fresa, in Mexico, means rich, snooty, haughty, etc. Literally, it means strawberry, and it is used to describe the upscale young people of which there are multitude in Mexico City. First clue: you have to buy a bottle to sit a table, and bottles were around US$130. WHAT!? Bottles of alcohols like Bacardi and Absolut cost about US$15 in the grocery stores here.

Looking for something interesting to do on your next trip to Mexico?

Nikki — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:48:33 +0000

I recently got this trip idea from a Kayak.com email:

Cuidame virgincita

Brook — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:49:07 +0000

Although anything with the virgin Mary screams Most Mexican Moment to me, I think this story is extra special. This evening when I got home from work, one of my old spinster landladies invited me in to see the candles she paints and sells. She paints mostly flowers but she also does the major candles for masses, and she does the work for free for two nunnery cathedrals.