Mexican

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/ UK /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #4303

Meanings

1

adj
relating to Mexico, its people, languages, or culture

The gallery specializes in modern Mexican art.
2

noun
a person from Mexico or of Mexican nationality or descent

A Mexican engineer led the international design team.
3

noun
historical: a member of the Mexica people, especially in older writing about the Aztec Empire

The historian noted that older European texts often called a Mexica person a Mexican.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a person from mexico or of... person from Mexico

3 noun · historical: a member of the... MexicaAztec

Word family

Forms Mexicans

Derived forms Mexican-AmericanMexicanize

Related forms MexicoMexicaNahuatlAztec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, ultimately from Nahuatl Mexihcah, the plural of Mexihcatl, 'a Mexica person,' and later analyzed as Mexico + -an. The word broadened from the Mexica to inhabitants and citizens of modern Mexico.

Topics

Describing Qualities Register & Style

External links

# Mexican

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 4303

## Meanings
1. relating to Mexico, its people, languages, or culture
2. a person from Mexico or of Mexican nationality or descent
3. historical: a member of the Mexica people, especially in older writing about the Aztec Empire

## Examples
- The gallery specializes in modern Mexican art.
- A Mexican engineer led the international design team.
- The historian noted that older European texts often called a Mexica person a Mexican.

## Synonyms
- person from Mexico
- Mexica

## Derived Forms
- Mexican-American
- Mexicanize

## Related Forms
- Mexico
- Mexica
- Nahuatl
- Aztec

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, ultimately from Nahuatl Mexihcah, the plural of Mexihcatl, 'a Mexica person,' and later analyzed as Mexico + -an. The word broadened from the Mexica to inhabitants and citizens of modern Mexico.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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