Hablemos Español Podcast

21. A Mexican doesn’t “improvise”…he “throws himself over like El Borras” (se avienta como Guillermo Rivas).22. A Mexican doesn’t drink “mineral water”…he drinks “Tehuacán” (yes, that’s the name of a town in Puebla).23. A Mexican doesn’t “get lost in his own thoughts”…he’s “thinking about the crab’s immortality.”24. A Mexican doesn’t “get distracted”…he “goes slobbing or doing like a papalote” (anda baboseando o papaloteando).25. A Mexican doesn’t “dress up”…he “puts on some nice pipiris.” (se pone pipiris nice).26. A Mexican is not “lazy”…he “has a hard roe that’s just too much” (tiene una hueva que no puede con ella).27. A Mexican doesn’t “mix”…he “campechanea.”28. A Mexican doesn’t “lend you some money”…he “loosens you some varo” (te afloja un varo).29. A Mexican isn’t “careless”…he does things “the pushing way” (hace las cosas al aventón).30. A Mexican doesn’t “ask for favors”…he “asks for strikes” (pide paros).31. A Mexican doesn’t “make a scene”…he “makes a Pancho” (hace un Pancho).32. A Mexican isn’t “