Foreign Native

Malinchista is a term some Mexicans use to describe other Mexicans who show a preference for foreign things, speak gushingly of the order and tidiness to be found abroad, or are critical of Mexico and Mexican ways vis-a-vis their foreign counterparts.
The expression malinchista (or the practice, malinchismo) harks back five centuries to the native woman […]

Standard abbreviations of household words are as much a part of Mexican Spanish as they are of English. One of the most common is fridge instead of refrigerator, in Spanish refri instead of refrigerador.  La tele for televisión, has been in use for as long as most people can remember.
Over the years, more and more […]