Popular foods: Popular Mexican food
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Key Phrases
¿Puedo tener un taco?
Can I have a taco?
¿Qué lleva una quesadilla?
What is in a quesadilla?
¿Tiene salsa picante?
Do you have any hot sauce?
Skills You'll Learn
Ordering Mexican food
Pedir comida mexicana
Understanding Mexican dish ingredients
Entender los ingredientes de los platillos mexicanos
Requesting condiments in a restaurant
Solicitar condimentos en un restaurante
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Taco
TAH-koh
Taco
Quesadilla
keh-sah-DEE-yah
Quesadilla
Burrito
boo-REE-toh
Burrito
Guacamole
wah-kah-MOH-leh
Guacamole
Salsa picante
SAHL-sah pee-KAHN-teh
Hot sauce
Churro
CHUR-roh
Churro
Tamale
tah-MAH-leh
Tamale
🇲🇽 In Mexico, people usually say [tamal] for one and [tamales] for more than one. English [tamale] is common in the US, but in Mexico you'll hear [tamal].
See breakdown →Pozole
po-SOH-leh
Pozole
Enchilada
en-chee-LAH-dah
Enchilada
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