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Mexican en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛksəkɪn/ US, Non-Standard
• /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
2. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
   • The principal grain of Mexico, before the introduction of thoſe from Europe, was maize, in the Mexican language called tluolli, of which there were ſeveral kinds, different in ſize, weight, colour, and taſte. 1795, W. Winterbotham, An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, volume 4, page 87:
   • 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.
3. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.
   • In the first year of her administration, ACLED data shows, Sheinbaum’s efforts to contain violence have generally coincided with a drop in attacks against civilians; since January, civilian killings have declined in nearly every Mexican state. 2025 August 18, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Avery Schmitz, Veronica Calderon, “A cartel war bleeding Sinaloa dry: homicides rise 400% in the year after the fall of ‘El Mayo’”, in CNN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most Mexican	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more Mexican	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Deriveds

Mexican breakfast · Mexican wrestling · Mexican paintbrush · Mexican feather grass · Mexican snowball · Mexican sunflower · Mexican jumping bean · non-union Mexican equivalent · Mexican street corn · Mexican eagle · Quebexican · Mexican elm · First Mexican Empire · Mexican chicken bug · Mexican-American · Mexican breadfruit · Mexican coriander · Mexican wave · Mexican star · Mexican red rump · Mexican tea · Mexican free-tailed bat · Mexican standoff · Mexican cedar · Mexican cypress · Mexican-American War · Mexican white pine · Mexican turnover · Mexican plum · Mexican pink · Mexican poppy · Afro-Mexican · Mexican mud turtle · Mexican bamboo · Mexican scammony · Mexican orange · Mexican yam · Mexican morning glory · Mexican persimmon · Mexican Silicon Valley · Mexican catchfly · Mexican yam bean · Mexamerican · driving while Mexican · Blaxican · Mexican garter snake · Mexican feathergrass · interior Mexican · Second Mexican Empire · Mexican War · Mexican Empire · Mexican campion

Synonyms

Mexica (people) · Aztec · Nahuatl · Aztec (people)

Translations (51)

eo meksika (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ka მექსიკური (of or pertaining to Mexico) · sh mèksičkī (of or pertaining to Mexico) · be мексіка́нскі (of or pertaining to Mexico) · et mehhiko (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ro mexicană (of or pertaining to Mexico) · pt mexicano (of or pertaining to Mexico) · tg мексикагӣ (of or pertaining to Mexico) · nl Mexicaans (of or pertaining to Mexico) · sk mexický (of or pertaining to Mexico) · es mexicano (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ar مَكْسِيكِيّ (of or pertaining to Mexico) · oc mexicana (of or pertaining to Mexico) · haw Mekiko (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ca mexicana (of or pertaining to Mexico) · cs mexický (of or pertaining to Mexico) · nb mexicansk (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ca mexicà (of or pertaining to Mexico) · fi meksikolainen (of or pertaining to Mexico) · gl mexicano (of or pertaining to Mexico) · nn mexicansk (of or pertaining to Mexico) · sv mexikansk (of or pertaining to Mexico) · sh мѐксичкӣ (of or pertaining to Mexico) · fa-ira مِکْزیکی (of or pertaining to Mexico) · kk мексикандық (of or pertaining to Mexico) · eo meksikia (of or pertaining to Mexico) · nb meksikansk (of or pertaining to Mexico) · nn meksikansk (of or pertaining to Mexico) · lt meksikietiškas (of or pertaining to Mexico) · el μεξικάνικος (of or pertaining to Mexico) · it messicano (of or pertaining to Mexico) · cy Mecsicanaidd (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ast mexicanu (of or pertaining to Mexico) · hu mexikói (of or pertaining to Mexico) · oc mexican (of or pertaining to Mexico) · uk мексика́нський (of or pertaining to Mexico) · lt meksikiečių (of or pertaining to Mexico) · sl mehiški (of or pertaining to Mexico) · kk мексикалық (of or pertaining to Mexico) · pl meksykański (of or pertaining to Mexico) · is mexíkóskur (of or pertaining to Mexico) · az meksikalı (of or pertaining to Mexico) · bg мексика́нски (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ru мексика́нский (of or pertaining to Mexico) · la mexicānēnsis (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ga Meicsiceach (of or pertaining to Mexico) · da mexicansk (of or pertaining to Mexico) · lv meksikāņu (of or pertaining to Mexico) · de mexikanisch (of or pertaining to Mexico) · ro mexican (of or pertaining to Mexico) · fr mexicain (of or pertaining to Mexico)

Mexican en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛksəkɪn/ US, Non-Standard
• /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A Mexica; an Aztec.
   • Not unlike to this were thoſe morſels of Paſte, which the Mexicans uſed in their Religious Feaſts, which they laid at their Idols Feet, conſecrating them by Singing and other Ceremonies, and then they called them the Fleſh and Bones of their God Vitziliputzli 1677, Richard Gilpin, Daemonologia Sacra, or, a Treatise of Satans Temptations, pages 255–256:
   • Surely, nature it ſelf calls to us for this reſpect to a deity, even the very ſavage Indians may teach us this point of religion; amongſt whom we find the Mexicans, a people that had never had any intercourſe with the other three parts of the World, Eminent in this kinde; what ſumptuous, and ſtately Temples had they erected to their Devils: How did they enrich their miſ-called Gods with Magazins of their treaſure? 1660, Joseph Hall, The Shaking of the Olive-Tree, page 260:
   • The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac. 1782, review of Storia antica del Messico, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, vol. 54, p. 144
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The Nahuatl language.
   • Painala was in the Mexican province of Coatzacualco: she was accordingly able to speak Mexican. 1856, Arthur Helps, The Spanish Conquest in America, volume 2, page 239:
3. (countable, uncountable) A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
   • The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick. 2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
   • When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh. 2025 January 28, Michael Rios, Verónica Calderón and Fidel Gutierrez, “‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico”, in CNN:
4. (countable, uncountable) The Mexican dialect of Spanish.
   • DON COLLIER: Hey, you want to talk Mexican, join another tank, a Mexican tank. 2014, David Ayer, Fury, Columbia Pictures:
   • You really scare me when you speak Mexican. 1998, Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, Herbert Siguenza, Culture Clash: Life, Death, and Revolutionary Comedy, page 23:
   • "You see, I never learned to speak Spanish, but speak Mexican fluently," he says disarmingly. 1970, Stan Steiner, La raza: the Mexican Americans, page 224:
   • I didn't speak much Mexican, but I savvied a lot more than I could speak and picked the word banditos out of their conversation. 2000, Ben K. Green, The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos, page 87:
5. (US, countable, offensive, slang, uncountable) A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
   • What kind of Mexican are you?
   • Fox News issued an apology on Sunday for an on-screen graphic that mistakenly indicated President Donald Trump was reducing aid to "three Mexican countries." 2019, Claire Atkinson, “Fox News apologizes for graphic about '3 Mexican countries'”, in NBC News:
6. (Australia, New-South-Wales, countable, slang, uncountable) A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
7. (Australia, countable, slang, uncountable) A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
8. (uncountable) Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.
   • I'm hungry. Want to go out for Mexican?

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Mexicans	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

Mexer · Mexicoon · Messican · Mexican't · regional Mexican · Mexishit · Mexcrement · Mexicunt · Afro-Mexican · Mexican American · Mexamerican · Blaxican

Synonyms

Aztec · Aztec · la goblina · Nahuatl · Mexica · el goblino

Translations (99)

ko 멕시코 사람 (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · be мексіка́нец (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ar مَكْسِيكِيَّة (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nv Naakáí dinéʼiʼ (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nb meksikaner (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · hu mexikói (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · az meksikalı (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · hy մեքսիկացի (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ga Meicsiceach (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nn meksikanar (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · es latino (person of any Spanish-speaking country) · is Mexíkói (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ast mexicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · pt mexicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · eo meksikiano (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · eo latinamerikano (person of any Spanish-speaking country) · ja メキシコ人 (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · oc mexicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ro mexicancă (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sh Meksikánac (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · gl mexicano (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · fi meksikolainen (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ru мексика́нец (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · mk Мексика́нка (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · lv meksikāniete (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ca mexicà (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · de Mexikanerin (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · bg мексика́нец (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nb mexicaner (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nl Mexicaanse (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · es mejicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · pdt Meksikaunasche (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · tr Meksikalı (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · cmn 墨西哥人 (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · cs Mexičan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ca mexicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · twf kwę́na (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ro mexican (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · mr मेक्सिकन (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · uk мексика́нка (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nn mexican (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · be мексіка́нка (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · it messicano (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sw Mmeksiko (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · el Μεξικάνα (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · da mexicaner (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · pl Meksykanka (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sv mexikan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sl Mehičanka (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · fr Mexicain (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · el Μεξικανή (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ko 멕시코인 (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nl Mexicaan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ka მექსიკელი (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · oc mexican (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · pt mexicano (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · tg мексикагӣ (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ast mexicanu (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · et mehhiklane (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sk Mexičan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · uk мексика́нець (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · yue 墨西哥人 (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · lv meksikānis (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sh Meksikanka (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nn mexicanar (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · eo meksikianino (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · lt meksikietė (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · fr Mexicaine (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ru мексика́нка (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · eo hispano (person of any Spanish-speaking country) · es hispano (person of any Spanish-speaking country) · cs Mexičanka (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · pdt Meksikauna (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · fi latino (person of any Spanish-speaking country) · unm Spanayu (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · pl Meksykanin (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sh Мексиканка (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ro mexicană (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · bg мексика́нка (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · nn meksikan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · lt meksikietis (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · de Mexikaner (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sl Mehičan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · el Μεξικανός (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · es mexicano (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · fa-ira مِکْزیکی (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · haw Mekiko (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sk Mexičanka (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · es mexicano (person of any Spanish-speaking country) · sh Мексика́нац (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · cic Oshpaani' (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sv mexikanska (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · es mejicano (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · es mexicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · sq meksikan (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · ar مَكْسِيكِيّ (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · mk Мексика́нец (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · is Mexíkani (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) · hi मेक्सिकी (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent)