Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.

    mexikanisch

    мексика́нскийmeksikánskij

    мексика́нськийmeksykánsʹkyj

    of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants

  2. (obsolete)Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.

  3. (obsolete)Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

    1810, review of "Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain", in The Eclectic Review The language most universally diffused over the new continent, is the Aztec or Mexican.

Examples

144 sentences

  1. I found a good Mexican restaurant.

    Я знайшов добрий ресторан мексиканської кухні. — Lumo

    ruЯ нашёл хороший мексиканский ресторан. — Lenin_1917

    deIch habe ein gutes mexikanisches Restaurant gefunden. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I grew up eating Mexican food.

    Я виріс, харчуючись мексиканською їжею. — deniko

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  3. I like Mexican food.

    Мені подобається мексиканська їжа. — deniko

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  4. I've never tried Mexican food.

    Я ніколи не куштував мексиканської їжі. — deniko

    ruЯ никогда не пробовал мексиканскую еду. — odexed

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  5. Have you ever eaten Mexican food?

    Ти колись їв мексиканську їжу? — deniko

    ruТы когда-нибудь ел мексиканскую пищу? — sharptoothed

    deHast du schon mal mexikanisch gegessen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to Mexico:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to Mexico:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to Mexico:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.

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Forms

more Mexican, most Mexican
Comparativemore Mexican Lesson
Superlativemost Mexican Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
people:MexicaAztec

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

8 patterns
  • mexican food
  • eat mexican food
  • like mexican food
  • eat mexican
  • cook mexican food
  • mexican restaurant
  • like mexican
  • cook mexican

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mettlemewmhmmiamicmica

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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