User:Hippietrail/Mexicanisms

Here are some words I've been collecting in Mexico:


 * Food
 * adobado (Zipolite)
 * almendrado (Zipolite)
 * arrachera meat
 * atole drink
 * birria Goat meat.
 * bolis de leche (Puebla) sweet/candy/lolly?
 * caldo soup
 * cazuela (Oaxaca)
 * cazuelita (Zipolite, not in RAE)
 * cebollita snack
 * cema (Puebla) A type of bread or bread roll.
 * cemita (Puebla) A kind of torta, but better.
 * chalupa snack Tiny corn tortillas served flat. Ingredients?
 * chamorro (Oaxaca)
 * chanclas (Puebla) Literally sandal, flip-flop, thong, but also some kind of food, compare with huarache.
 * chicharrines (Puebla)
 * chilaquiles (DF) breakfast
 * chileatole (Puebla) Sold at the same places that offer the more common elotes and esquites.
 * chilindrina (Oaxaca)
 * chipotle Dried smoked chilis (jalapeños?).
 * chorrillana (Zipolite, not in RAE)
 * cocol de queso (Puebla) bread
 * cremitas (Puebla) A type of dip?
 * dedo de novia dessert
 * dobladita (Salina Cruz)
 * elote (DF, Puebla) snack Corn on the cob.
 * empanizado (Zipolite)
 * enchipotlado (Cholula) A way of preparing food with chipotle.
 * enfrijolada (Oaxaca)
 * entomatada (Oaxaca)
 * esquite (DF, Puebla) snack A corn-based snack.
 * gordita (DF) snack
 * gringa (DF, Puebla)
 * horchata drink
 * huachinango fish
 * huarache (Pochutla, Oaxaca) Literally sandal, but also some kind of food, compare with chanclas.
 * huaxmole (Puebla)
 * huevos
 * huevos a la mexicana
 * huevos motuleños
 * huevos a la oaxaqueña (Oaxaca)
 * huevos rancheros
 * huitlacoche, cuitlacoche A type of edible fungus which grows on corn. English: corn smut or Mexican truffle
 * jaiba A type of crab
 * jarochas (Puebla)
 * jicama
 * jocoque (Puebla) Something like buttermilk or sour cream.
 * mariscada (Zipolite)
 * memela (Puebla)
 * memelita (Oaxaca)
 * mixiote (Puebla) Lamb with chili.
 * mojarra fish
 * mole A type of rich sauce or gravy.
 * negro
 * de panza
 * poblano
 * molote (Puebla) snack A sealed, deep-fried quesadilla, served topped with mayonaise.
 * panucho (Salina Cruz)
 * pelonas (Puebla)
 * pescadillas (Zipolite, Oaxaca)
 * picadita (Oaxaca)
 * pozole (DF, Puebla, Huatulco) soup A type of soup.
 * quesadilla (DF, Puebla) A fried tortilla containing cheese (usually quesillo) and usually another ingredient.
 * salpicón (Oaxaca)
 * sopa
 * xochitl (Zipolite)
 * taco
 * al pastor (DF, Puebla) Spiced meat cooked on a vertical grill similar to those used for doner kebabs. About 3 inches in diamater and served folded.
 * arabes (Puebla) A taco oriental on a wheat tortilla. Contents similar to a taco al pastor but about 4 inches in diameter and rolled.
 * orientales (Puebla) A taco arabe on a corn tortilla. Contents similar to a taco al pastor but about 4 inches in diameter and rolled.
 * al vapor (Pochutla, Oaxaca)
 * tasajo (Oaxaca)
 * tepaches (Puebla) drink Some kind of drink.
 * tinga f (Oaxaca)
 * tlayuda (Oaxaca)
 * torta (DF, Puebla) snack A kind of sandwich on a bolillo, usually with cooked ingredients.
 * tortilla
 * tostada (DF, Puebla, Oaxaca) snack


 * Food utensils, preparation, etc
 * al achiote (Zipolite)
 * al ajillo (Zipolite)
 * al mojo de ajo (Zipolite)
 * a la talla (Zipolite)
 * a la veracruzana (Zipolite)
 * anafre (Oaxaca) A stove filled with hot coals, over which a comal is placed.
 * comal (Oaxaca) A large wok-shaped pan used over an anafre for cooking tostadas, memelitas, tlayudas, etc.

Many are not here yet as I don't have my other notebook with me
 * Other
 * otro pedo (DF, slang) "es otro pedo!" = "man, that's something else!"
 * cholulteco Resident of Cholula.