by Guadalupe Pérez | Aug 17, 2026 | Blog
Making friends in Mexico is easier than most foreigners expect, and the friendships run deeper than many Americans are used to. Friends are treated as part of the family: they eat at your table, meet your relatives, and get invited to the uncle’s birthday party....
by Guadalupe Pérez | Aug 14, 2026 | Blog
Me dejaste en visto means “you left me on read.” It describes the moment someone opens your WhatsApp message and then says nothing back. In Mexico the phrase is everywhere, it is usually said lightly, and how much it stings depends almost entirely on one...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Aug 12, 2026 | Blog
Quedar means to arrange, to result, to fit, or to remain. Quedarse means to stay or to remain somewhere. They look almost identical, but they do different jobs: quedamos a las ocho means we agreed to meet at eight, while nos quedamos hasta las ocho means we stayed...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Aug 7, 2026 | Blog
Michi is the affectionate Mexican word for a cat. It is not slang for a breed or a kind of cat, and it is not baby talk exactly. It works like calling a dog a “pup” in English: same animal as gato, warmer relationship, and used almost entirely between...
by Guadalupe Pérez | Aug 5, 2026 | Blog
You can practice speaking Spanish alone by producing it out loud every day: narrate what you are doing, answer common questions into a voice recorder, describe a photo from your phone, and retell small stories from your day. Speaking is a skill, and like any skill it...
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