PinPoint Spanish: Insights into Mexican Spanish

In Spanish, feminine words end in an 'a' and masculine words in an 'o', and so do corresponding adjectives—but there are a number of exceptions

Mexico's widespread use of a word whose English equivalents have nothing to do with matriarchal figures

One of the most rewarding, and frequently neglected, parts of learning another language is finding out the names of the different animals

Exploring a tidy arrangement of words in Spanish usage that most usually leads to the listener’s disappointment

There are many pairs of words in English-Spanish that look and sound similar but have very different meanings, known as 'false cognates'

Mexico has a wide variety of sayings, maxims, or phrases intended to convey truth or natural wisdom that admits no argument

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

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

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