Mexican

[mek-si-kuhn]

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.

noun

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

2. Nahuatl.

Mexican

/ ˈmɛksɪkən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Mexico

Other Word Forms

• anti-Mexican adjective
• pro-Mexican adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mexican¹

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

Example Sentences

Born in the Northern California city of Colusa to Mexican immigrants, Jaramillo and his family moved to Boyle Heights when he was young.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Night of the Iguana” takes place in a sleepy, seaside Mexican village in 1940, just as Hitler’s Germany was advancing on Europe and Japan was plotting similar jingoistic pursuits on its own front.

From Los Angeles Times

The place seemingly closed for good during the pandemic, an aging relic in an era when people didn’t need to imagine themselves in Mexico for an evening because Mexicans were now all around them.

From Los Angeles Times

Fresh basil and orange zest set this black bean salad apart from its cumin-chili-lime Mexican heritage.

From Salon

Her grandfather was a Mexican guest worker in the Bracero Program of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, ended up being sponsored for legal status, and eventually moved his entire family north.

From Los Angeles Times