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 thing: how...

A lot of people seem to mix these two words up, so what’s the difference between “quedar” and “quedarse”? How do you know when to use each verb in Spanish?

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 people who are...

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...

The ahorita meaning is often misunderstood. In Mexican Spanish, ahorita does not mean "right now." It means the thing will happen, but with no commitment to when: it could be this second, in an hour, tomorrow, or never. It is a unit of time that nobody can measure,...

Estar al pendiente means to be attentive, to keep an eye out, or to stay on top of something. In Mexican Spanish it is how you say "I'm here if you need anything" or "keep me posted." It comes from pendiente, meaning hanging or unresolved, the same word Mexicans use...