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mexicano

Spanish, noun/mexiˈkano/

mexicano is spelled M-E-X-I-C-A-N-O (8 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,550th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mexicano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Mexican (an inhabitant of the country of Mexico)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dialecto o versión regional del castellano hablado en México”.

What does mexicano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Mexican (native or pertaining to the country of the United Mexican States: compare mexiquense)

  2. 2

    Mexican (pertaining to the Mexican language, i.e. Nahuatl)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineMexican (an inhabitant of the country of Mexico)

  2. 2

    masculineMexican (the Mexican language, i.e. Nahuatl)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de México.

noun: 1. Dialecto o versión regional del castellano hablado en México. 2. Denominación castellanizada de la lengua náhuatl.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mexicano

  • mexicana feminine
  • mexicanos masculine plural
  • mexicanas feminine plural
  • mejicano alternative
  • mechicano alternative dialectal
  • meshicano alternative
  • mexicanísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mexicano?

  • /mexiˈkano/
  • [me.xiˈka.no]
  • /meʃiˈkano/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mexicano

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mexicano in Spanish?

mexicano appears 56 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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