Collocations for "Mexican"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "Mexican" in context.
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Mexican
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a Mexican [person, man, citizen]
- the Mexican [president, parliament, government, authorities, peso]
- a Mexican [region, town, city, state]
- the Mexican [culture, people]
- Mexican [art, painters, literature]
- a Mexican [custom, tradition, festival, hat]
- Mexican [food, restaurants, drinks]
- a [popular, famous] Mexican [food]
- is Mexican- [American, Italian, Spanish]
- speaks Mexican Spanish
- the Mexican Revolution
- the crowd [performed, joined in, gave] a Mexican wave
- [conquered, invented] by (the) Mexicans
- is a [native, native-born] Mexican
- (the) Mexicans are [known, famous] for
- Mexicans [trying, attempting] to cross the border
- Mexicans living [at home, abroad, in the USA]
- welcome Mexicans (into)
- immigration policies towards Mexicans
'Mexican' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):