mexicano

See also: Mexicano

Asturian

Adjective

mexicano

1. neuter of mexicanu

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcobor.

Spanish Méxicobor.

Galician México

Galician -ano

Galician mexicano

From México + -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ʃiˈkɐ.nʊ/

Adjective

mexicano (feminine mexicana, masculine plural mexicanos, feminine plural mexicanas)

1. Mexican

Noun

mexicano m (plural mexicanos, feminine mexicana, feminine plural mexicanas)

1. Mexican

Further reading

• “mexicano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [meːk.sɪˈkaː.noː], [mɛk.sɪˈkaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meɡ.ziˈkaː.no]

Adjective

mē̆xicānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mē̆xicānus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcobor.

Spanish Méxicobor.

Portuguese México

Portuguese -ano

Portuguese mexicano

From México + -ano.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʃiˈkɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃiˈkɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃiˈkɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃiˈka.nu/

• Hyphenation: me‧xi‧ca‧no

Adjective

mexicano (feminine mexicana, masculine plural mexicanos, feminine plural mexicanas, not comparable)

1. Mexican

Noun

mexicano m (plural mexicanos, feminine mexicana, feminine plural mexicanas)

1. Mexican

Further reading

• “mexicano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mexicano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• mejicano (in Spain)
• mechicano (dialectal)
• meshicano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcobor.

Spanish México

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Spanish -ano

Spanish mexicano

From México + -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mexiˈkano/ [me.xiˈka.no]

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• IPA^(key): /meʃiˈkano/ [me.ʃiˈka.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: me‧xi‧ca‧no

Adjective

mexicano (feminine mexicana, masculine plural mexicanos, feminine plural mexicanas)

1. Mexican (native or pertaining to the country of the United Mexican States: compare mexiquense)
   • 2025 July 22, “El “infierno en la tierra”: la cárcel MDC en la que están Fito, Caro Quintero, el Mayo Zambada y otros presos de alto perfil”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     También están otros los narcotraficantes mexicanos Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El Viceroy”, y Rafael Caro Quintero.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Derived terms

• Estados Unidos Mexicanos
• huevos a la mexicana
• mexicanidad
• mexicanismo
• naranjo mexicano
• orégano mexicano
• pinzón mexicano
• rosa mexicano
• zanate mexicano

Noun

mexicano m (plural mexicanos, feminine mexicana, feminine plural mexicanas)

1. Mexican (an inhabitant of the country of Mexico)
2. Mexican (the Mexican language, i.e. Nahuatl)

See also

• mexiquense
• mexiqueño

Further reading

• “mexicano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “mexicano”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN