Mexican
Syllables: Mex·ic·anUK/ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/US/ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
Mexican noun: a Mexica; an Aztec.
Noun
Mexican (countable and uncountable, plural Mexicans)
- A Mexica; an Aztec.
- Surely, nature it ſelf calls to us for this reſpect to a deity, even the very ſavage Indians may teach us this point of religion; amongſt whom we find the Mexicans, a people that had never had any intercourſe with the other three parts of the World, Eminent in this kinde; what ſumptuous, and...1660, Joseph Hall, The Shaking of the Olive-Tree, page 260
- Not unlike to this were thoſe morſels of Paſte, which the Mexicans uſed in their Religious Feaſts, which they laid at their Idols Feet, conſecrating them by Singing and other Ceremonies, and then they called them the Fleſh and Bones of their God Vitziliputzli1677, Richard Gilpin, Daemonologia Sacra, or, a Treatise of Satans Temptations, pages 255–256
- The Nahuatl language.
- Painala was in the Mexican province of Coatzacualco: she was accordingly able to speak Mexican.1856, Arthur Helps, The Spanish Conquest in America, volume 2, page 239
- A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
- The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
- When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.2025 January 28, Michael Rios, Verónica Calderón and Fidel Gutierrez, “‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico”, in CNN
- The Mexican dialect of Spanish.
- "You see, I never learned to speak Spanish, but speak Mexican fluently," he says disarmingly.1970, Stan Steiner, La raza: the Mexican Americans, page 224
- You really scare me when you speak Mexican.1998, Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, Herbert Siguenza, Culture Clash: Life, Death, and Revolutionary Comedy, page 23
- A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
- Fox News issued an apology on Sunday for an on-screen graphic that mistakenly indicated President Donald Trump was reducing aid to "three Mexican countries."2019, Claire Atkinson, “Fox News apologizes for graphic about '3 Mexican countries'”, in NBC News
- What kind of Mexican are you?
- A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
- A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
- Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.
- I'm hungry. Want to go out for Mexican?
Adjective
Mexican (comparative more Mexican, superlative most Mexican)
- Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
- Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
- The principal grain of Mexico, before the introduction of thoſe from Europe, was maize, in the Mexican language called tluolli, of which there were ſeveral kinds, different in ſize, weight, colour, and taſte.1795, W. Winterbotham, An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, volume 4, page 87
- The language most universally diffused over the new continent, is the Aztec or Mexican.1810, review of "Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain", in The Eclectic Review
- Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.
- In the first year of her administration, ACLED data shows, Sheinbaum’s efforts to contain violence have generally coincided with a drop in attacks against civilians; since January, civilian killings have declined in nearly every Mexican state.2025 August 18, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Avery Schmitz, Veronica Calderon, “A cartel war bleeding Sinaloa dry: homicides rise 400% in the year after the fall of ‘El Mayo’”, in CNN
Mexican meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
Mexican in Hindi
- person from Mexico or of Mexican descent
- मेक्सिकी meksikī
Mexican in Marathi
- person from Mexico or of Mexican descent
- मेक्सिकन meksikan
Mexican in Bengali
- মেক্সিকীয়
Mexican in Telugu
- the Mexican or prickly poppy
- బ్రహ్మదండి brahmadaṇḍi
More languagesFewer languages
- Mexican in Punjabi
- ਮੈਕਸੀਕਨ maiksīkan
- Mexican in Arabic
- مَكْسِيكِيّ maksīkiyy, مَكْسِيكِيَّة maksīkiyya
Examples of Mexican in a sentence
- The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac.1782, review of Storia antica del Messico, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, vol. 54, p. 144
- I didn't speak much Mexican, but I savvied a lot more than I could speak and picked the word banditos out of their conversation.2000, Ben K. Green, The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos, page 87:
- DON COLLIER: Hey, you want to talk Mexican, join another tank, a Mexican tank.2014, David Ayer, Fury, Columbia Pictures:
Synonyms of Mexican
Forms of Mexican
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Mexicans |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Mexican |
| superlative | most Mexican |
Origin of Mexican
Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.
Words formed from Mexican
- Afro-Mexican
- Blaxican
- Mexamerican
- Messican
- Mexcrement
- Mexer
- Mexican American
- Mexican't
- Mexicoon
- Mexicunt
- Mexishit
- regional Mexican
- driving while Mexican
- First Mexican Empire
- interior Mexican
- Mexican-American
- Mexican-American War
- Mexican bamboo
- Mexican breadfruit
- Mexican breakfast
- Mexican campion
- Mexican catchfly
- Mexican cedar
- Mexican chicken bug
- Mexican coriander
- Mexican cypress
- Mexican eagle
- Mexican elm
- Mexican Empire
- Mexican feathergrass
- Mexican feather grass
- Mexican free-tailed bat
- Mexican garter snake
- Mexican jumping bean
- Mexican morning glory
- Mexican mud turtle
- Mexican orange
- Mexican paintbrush
- Mexican persimmon
- Mexican pink
- Mexican plum
- Mexican poppy
- Mexican red rump
- Mexican scammony
- Mexican Silicon Valley
- Mexican snowball
- Mexican standoff
- Mexican star
- Mexican street corn
- Mexican sunflower
- Mexican tea
- Mexican turnover
- Mexican War
- Mexican wave
- Mexican white pine
- Mexican wrestling
- Mexican yam
- Mexican yam bean
- non-union Mexican equivalent
- Quebexican
Phrases with Mexican
- Mexican Flu
- Mexican hat
- Mexican hog
- Mexican lac
- New Mexican
- Mexican bean
- Mexican duck
- Mexican elms
- Mexican hats
- Mexican hogs
- Mexican rail
- Mexican rice
78 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Mexican wolf
- Mexican beans
- Mexican beech
- Mexican brown
- Mexican ducks
- Mexican plums
- Mexican rails
- Mexican stars
- Mexican tiger
- Mexican train
- Mexican waves
- Mexican clover
- Mexican Colony
- Mexican eagles
- Mexican pewter
- Mexican tigers
- Mexican wolves
- Mexican beeches
- Mexican divorce
- Mexican lasagna
- Mexican noodles
- Mexican oranges
- Mexican oregano
- Mexican Plateau
- Mexican poppies
- Mexican Spanish
- Mexican car wash
- Mexican divorces
- Mexican dry soup
- Mexican fan palm
- Mexican hairless
- Mexican hat cell
- Mexican lasagnas
- Mexican marigold
- Mexican oreganos
- Mexican tarragon
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican bush sage
- Mexican chickadee
- Mexican cypresses
- Mexican fan palms
- Mexican hand tree
- Mexican hat cells
- Mexican hat dance
- Mexican hat plant
- Mexican influenza
- Mexican marigolds
- Mexican overdrive
- Mexican red rumps
- Mexican standoffs
- Mexican tarragons
- Mexican turnovers
- Mexican black hawk
- Mexican breakfasts
- Mexican bush sages
- Mexican buttonbush
- Mexican car washes
- Mexican chickadees
- Mexican Hairlesses
- Mexican hand trees
- Mexican hat dances
- Mexican needlefish
- Mexican sunflowers
- Mexican bean beetle
- Mexican breadfruits
- Mexican mud turtles
- Mexican white pines
- Mexican bean beetles
- Mexican needlefishes
- Mexican walking fish
- Mexican garter snakes
- Mexican jumping beans
- Mexican Sign Language
- Second Mexican Empire
- United Mexican States
- non-union Mexican equivalents
- Mexican west coast rattlesnake
- Mexican west coast rattlesnakes
Questions about Mexican
- What does Mexican mean?
- Mexican means a Mexica; an Aztec.
- What is Mexican in Hindi?
- Mexican in Hindi is मेक्सिकी (meksikī). See Mexican meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Mexican in a sentence?
- The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac.
- What part of speech is Mexican?
- Mexican can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Mexican?
- Mexican is pronounced /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Mexican?
- The plural of Mexican is Mexicans.
Words near Mexican in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Mexican (page history and authors); Mexican (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); బ్రహ్మదండి (Telugu) (page history and authors); ਮੈਕਸੀਕਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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