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“No.” means “No.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a direct negative answer.

“Por el tráfico.” means “Because of traffic.” in Mexican Spanish. Explain a delay in direct response to Why are you running late.

“Tengo una pregunta.” means “I have a question.” in Mexican Spanish. Useful for starting a question or asking for clarification.

“Antes.” means “Before.” in Mexican Spanish. Answer when with before/earlier.

“Justo aquí.” means “Right here.” in Mexican Spanish. Identify the exact desired location visually.

“No aquí.” means “Not here.” in Mexican Spanish. Correct a proposed location or stopping place.

“Ahora no.” means “Not now.” in Mexican Spanish. Can sound abrupt. Ahora no, gracias softens a refusal; ahora no, por favor asks someone to stop or wait.

“Esto pica.” means “This is spicy.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Food and Dining. Respond / explain.

“¡Buena idea!” means “Good idea!” in Mexican Spanish. Positive response to a suggestion.

“¿Alguna pregunta?” means “Any questions?” in Mexican Spanish. Invite questions after explaining something.

“Estamos ocupados. / Estamos ocupadas.” means “We are busy.” in Mexican Spanish. Ocupados for a male or mixed group, ocupadas for an all-female group.

“¡Exacto!” means “Exactly!” in Mexican Spanish. Confirm that someone has stated something exactly right.

“Enseguida.” means “Right away.” in Mexican Spanish. Promise prompt action.

“Quizás.” means “Maybe.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a tentative answer to a suggestion or yes/no question.

“Al menos...” means “At least...” in Mexican Spanish. Mark a minimum or a mitigating positive.

“En la esquina.” means “At the corner.” in Mexican Spanish. Give a brief corner landmark answer while navigating.

“Desde entonces.” means “Since then.” in Mexican Spanish. Desde marks a starting point in time; durante/por describe a duration.

“No estamos ocupados. / No estamos ocupadas.” means “We aren’t busy.” in Mexican Spanish. Choose the group-gender alternative.

“En cualquier lugar.” means “Anywhere.” in Mexican Spanish. Give flexible choice of a place in reply to a location question.

“Poco a poco.” means “Little by little.” in Mexican Spanish. Describe gradual progress or small steps with a conventional marker.

“Lo antes posible.” means “As soon as possible.” in Mexican Spanish. Specify that an understood action should happen as soon as possible.

“¡Qué coincidencia!” means “What a coincidence!” in Mexican Spanish. React to an unexpected coincidental encounter or shared circumstance.

“Una taza de café.” means “A cup of coffee.” in Mexican Spanish. This expression belongs to Food and Dining. Respond / explain.

“Yo lo hago.” means “I’ll do it.” in Mexican Spanish. Use when volunteering to do something. Lo haré expresses a future commitment.