PinPoint Spanish: Insights into Mexican Spanish

There is one area where Spanish language usually omits a negative which in English is necessary, related to the word 'Hasta'

So-called inclusive language has been creeping into use in Spanish, but the Real Academia Española is so far sticking to its guns

Mexican Spanish contains three terms for the word 'earthquake,' and choosing which one to use depends on a range of factors

Modern conversations in Mexico are frequently interspersed with the word "güey"—which means several things and, just as often, nothing

In Spanish, accents are used for words that don't follow the rules for natural stress, to differentiate words with different meanings, and to split weak vowels

Mexican Spanish is versatile when it comes to questions of time and punctuality through use of the diminutive term, "ahorita"

Explaining the difference between "bring" and "take," and when to use one and when the other

Hand-painted signs and sales boards can provide artistic flair and sometimes amusement, but spelling is not one of the sign-writers' fortés

Adjectives can be hard to place in Spanish. Here are a few tips to guide your arrangements.

Spanish language students seeking an armory of fancy words need look no further than the opinion columns of Mexico's principal newspapers

Mexico’s latest linguistic fashion in "them" versus "us" is fifís vs chairos; neither word is new, but they have been popularized by contemporary politics

A versatile Mexican Spanish suffix used as a kind of superlative for nouns can create a word that almost does the work of an entire sentence