Mexican

American  

[mek-si-kuhn] / ˈmɛk sɪ kən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexico or its people.

2. of or relating to Spanish as used in Mexico.

3. of or relating to the Nahuatl language or its speakers.

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noun

Mexicans plural

1. a native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.

2. Nahuatl.

Mexican British  

/ ˈmɛksɪkən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Mexico

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• anti-Mexican
  adjective
• pro-Mexican
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Mexicans
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Mexican

First recorded in 1570–80; from Spanish mexicano, mejicano; see Mexico, -an

Example Sentences

Please put on your batteries — a Mexican Spanish idiom that means to cowboy up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026

According to the minister, the Mexican government also plans to launch civil cases against companies which manage US detentions centres where 14 of its nationals died.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

The son of a Mexican man fatally shot by US immigration officials in Texas demanded an investigation on Wednesday, with a leading civil rights group calling it a "possible murder."

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

On Tuesday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stopped Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man who had lived in the U.S. for decades.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026

I’d never seen a newspaper back home say such things about people possibly involved in crimes who hadn’t been arrested, but Mexican papers were quick to report speculations.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall