Mexican
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- adjective
- /ˈmɛksɪkən/
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mexicano
- The festival celebrated Mexican culture with music, dance, and delicious food.
- Mexican border
- Mexican-American
- Mexican immigrants
The thing is the DEA called the Mexican Army.
- The thing is the DEA called the Mexican Army.
- And I was like, I'm not exotic, I'm Mexican, but OK, thank you.
- We are going to keep walking, go get some Mexican food and just hang out.
- I've had so much Mexican food this week.
- That's the part of the real Mexican experience, the trauma of death.
- First, Trump talked to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
- Go to a W African market, go to a Mexican market or an Asian market.
- In fact, there was a Mexican composer, Conlin Noncaro.
- I didn't want to be with you eating Mexican crisps at some arena.
Examples
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Welcome to the local Mexican restaurant on Main Street.
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Like that was a staple in a Mexican household, a milkshake machine.
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It's like this fun little Mexican food place in London.
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We are going to keep walking, go get some Mexican food and just hang out.
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Some Mexican food, maybe a little business.
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I am also taking Mexican influences for my vision.
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And for dinner I'm going to make Mexican style sweet potatoes.
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I've had so much Mexican food this week.
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We are the sleeping giant of Mexican fast casual dining.
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Hey, this guy wants Mexican food in the cafeteria.
Synonyms
To show that something comes from Mexico or is in Mexican style, put it before a noun
Compounds
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A person who lives in the United States and was born in Mexico or has family from Mexico
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A war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that gave the United States new lands
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A war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that gave the United States large Southwest lands
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A ten year period of fighting in Mexico from 1910 to 1920 led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata
The capital city of Mexico, called Mexico City, where the government and main businesses are
A tall evergreen tree from Mexico with drooping branches often grown in gardens
A tropical American plant with poisonous sap and bright red leaf-like bracts surrounding small yellow flowers
A small bat with short soft fur that migrates south in winter in the southern United States and Central America
A large lizard from western Mexico that can give a dangerous bite and has small round scales like beads
A small insect that eats the leaves of bean plants and often damages bean crops
A plant that produces small edible fruits like tiny tomatoes inside a dry papery husk
A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico
Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats
A plant from Mexico that lives for years and has pink to red flowers used in gardens and medicine
A small tree with spreading branches and drooping twigs that grows in western Texas and the mountains of Mexico
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A herb from Oaxaca, Mexico that can make you see or feel things that are not real
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas with edible seeds and short needles
A small rodent from Mexico with fur lined cheek pouches for carrying food
A flowering plant with bright yellow flowers and blue-grey divided leaves
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A strong sleeping drug often sold illegally and used to make people very sleepy
How Offensive
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Morphology
Etymology
Mexican comes from the country name Mexico, which itself comes from an old local word Mēxihco meaning 'place of the Mexica'. The ending -an means 'from' or 'of', so Mexican means 'from Mexico' or 'relating to Mexico'.