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mexicana

Mexican woman

noun meh-hee-KAH-nah Rare

Usage Note

Mexicana is both the feminine noun ('a Mexican woman') and the feminine form of the adjective mexicano. In Spain the older spelling mejicano/a is occasionally seen, but mexicano/a is standard across Latin America and in neutral registers worldwide.

Examples

"Mi vecina es mexicana."

Natural Translation

My neighbor is Mexican.

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