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December 29, 2015Los Metiches

Latinos in Texas show up and show out for Hispanicize Houston

Tejano. What does that one singular word mean? Well if […]

November 24, 2014Mexi-Vocabulario

¡Chisquiado!

Crazy. A little bit off. Silly. Goofy, even. Just not […]

December 29, 2013Mexi-Vocabulario

IGUALADA

Few other words in the Spanish language can insult you […]

May 7, 2013June 6, 2013Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Tiliches!

Pos for me they’re anything but useless, but for some […]

April 29, 2013June 6, 2013Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chorro!

As in a lot. No, not just a little bit […]

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March 15, 2013June 6, 2013Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chapeada!

A couple of weeks ago I was watching the novela […]

March 5, 2013June 6, 2013Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Pachorrudo!

O sea, no me lo tomen a mal …but you […]

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

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Mandilon!

Since we’re on the subject of LOVE anyway… why not […]

January 23, 2013February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Modorro!

That feeling you have after just waking up. When you’re […]

January 17, 2013February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Gacho!

So apparently I’m this. Or this is me. ¡Gacho! According […]

December 5, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chongo! ¡Chonguda! ¡Chongalicious!

This post is dedicated to the one and only Salmita […]

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

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Ocicón!

Because if ever there was a time to be ocicón… […]

September 26, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Y a Lo Que Te Truje Chencha!

So this is less of a Mexi-Vocabulario, and more of […]

September 18, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Bañársela!

¡Te la bañáste! ¡Nombre, ya ni la amuelas! ¡No te […]

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

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chambear!

A chambear… ¿pues qué más nos queda? No hay de […]

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

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Tragón!

¡Tragón! ¡Comelón! ¡Ya deja de estar comiendo! For some reason […]

August 9, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chuleando!

To chulear. To andar chuleando. To make someone feel chuleado. […]

August 2, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

10 Words We Say In Spanish That Aren’t Really Spanish

By definition, they would be better classified under the category […]