Finger-licking good — so delicious you keep licking your fingers after eating. The highest possible compliment you can give food in Mexico and Central America.

To hit someone very hard or completely ruin something. 'Dar en la madre' is the maximum level of impact — physical or figurative — with no holding back.

To tell someone to go to hell, to firmly and forcefully reject them or something. In Spain and Latin America, mandar al carajo is one of the most direct expressions of dismissal — blunt, final, and leaving no room for negotiation.

A weird, eccentric person who acts strangely or out of the ordinary. In Mexico, calling someone jalado means they do and say things that don't quite fit the normal social script — unusual in a way that's hard to explain.