Comments on: Common Mexican Expressions http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/ Language and Cultue of the Spanish-Speaking World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: david carmona http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-515 david carmona Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:31 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/#comment-515 "Ustedes han hecho un trabajo maravilloso en el jardín. Ahora está precioso." "You´ve done a wonderful job with the garden. Now it looks beautiful." “Ustedes han hecho un trabajo maravilloso en el jardín. Ahora está precioso.”

“You´ve done a wonderful job with the garden. Now it looks beautiful.”

]]> By: Denise http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Denise Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:52:25 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/#comment-514 We have Mexicans living next door for just a few months. The grandparents labored in their son's yard and transformed it so beautifully. They are such nice people and I want to compliment them in Mexican-Spanish for their great work to the yard. What sentence can I attempt to use? I know no Mexican/Spanish except ola. We have Mexicans living next door for just a few months.

The grandparents labored in their son’s yard and transformed it so beautifully. They are such nice people and I want to compliment them in Mexican-Spanish for their great work to the yard.

What sentence can I attempt to use? I know no Mexican/Spanish except ola.

]]> By: Rodney http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Rodney Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:39:08 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/#comment-513 Interesting. Walking up and down the streets of various parts of Tijuana every other word is "güey". It seems like the word is used in the same manner as "dude". But I guess it's like any other slang...it depends on where you are, who you're talking to, and the context in which it's used. Interesting. Walking up and down the streets of various parts of Tijuana every other word is “güey”. It seems like the word is used in the same manner as “dude”.

But I guess it’s like any other slang…it depends on where you are, who you’re talking to, and the context in which it’s used.

]]> By: Hermes http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Hermes Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:02:34 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/#comment-512 Güey is not a word you would use to describe a man respectfully. It's disrespectful to call a stranger or a superior a güey. It is a word used often among chums and it can be used to refer to someone as a "dummy". For example, the phrase, "no seas güey," means, "don't be a dumy (or an idiot)." Güey is not a word you would use to describe a man respectfully. It’s disrespectful to call a stranger or a superior a güey. It is a word used often among chums and it can be used to refer to someone as a “dummy”.

For example, the phrase, “no seas güey,” means, “don’t be a dumy (or an idiot).”

]]> By: Michael http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Michael Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:26:11 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/spanish/common-mexican-expressions/#comment-511 I work with a man from Mexico who is highly offended by the term "guey" and also says this is a curse word. Is this true or not? I work with a man from Mexico who is highly offended by the term “guey” and also says this is a curse word. Is this true or not?

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