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April 4, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chale! ¡Huevón! ¡A Toda Madre!

This one is three-fer… as in three for one!  You […]

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March 27, 2012June 13, 2019Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Guey/Wuey!

More Mexi-Vocabulario By far.  By very far!  This single word […]

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March 21, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Rifandomela!

As in rifar,to risk it, put it all on the […]

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March 13, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chusma!

Doña Florinda:  “¡Vente Quico!  ¡No te juntes con esta chusma!  […]

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March 6, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Pipirisnais!

De la high… o sea de la alta sociedad. The […]

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March 3, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Ask Juan: Why is Spanish so Hard to Learn?

The other day a reader emailed me with the following […]

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March 2, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: Solovino

This one is dedicated to the reader who emailed me […]

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February 22, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: Arrullar

Arrullar.  To put one to sleep.  Or in this tertiary definition […]

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February 10, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics

Mr. Bean: Spokesman for the Misunderstood?

He used to annoy the living crap out of me.  […]

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February 2, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Mitotero!

A ver, so… yo por andar de mitotero ¡mira nada […]

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February 1, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting

Why Spanglish Was a Bad Word for Most of My Life

Spanglish!  It’s a love-hate relationship I’ve had with the language.  […]

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January 25, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

“Rasquachismo” – Hacer De Tripas Corazón

Gotta say, never in all my life had I heard […]

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January 20, 2012February 4, 2014Language, Mexican Culture

Piropos for Valentine’s Day

¡Estas bien enamorado!  You are so in love and you […]

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January 11, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics

Kudos to Sofia Vergara for Making Accents So Cool!

My earliest memories of the lovely and ageless Sofia Vergara […]

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December 28, 2011January 1, 2014Dichos / Refranes, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Top 10 Dichos for New Year’s Eve

If you believe in 2012 time will truly be of […]

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December 20, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Pan-Tuflas: Comfort Shoes

Pantufla – zapatilla sin orejas ni talón para andar por […]

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December 2, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

A Few Words On Gratitude

No hay que ser malagradecidos.  If there was one thing […]

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October 19, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Burla: The Act of Laughing at Oneself… and Others

There’s a time to play.  And there’s a time to […]

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