To feel intense secondhand embarrassment from seeing or hearing something painfully awkward. An anglicism from 'cringe' that was quickly adopted across Spanish-speaking social media.

A shortened, street-level form of compa or compadre in Mexico. Calling someone compita is the highest level of neighborhood trust, reserved for people you've been through thick and thin with.

A shady, corrupt person who does dirty business for personal gain. In Mexico a transa is someone you can't trust because they'll cheat you at every turn.

A Mexican derogatory adjective you slap before anything to emphasize it's bad, insignificant, or annoying. It's one of the most versatile words in the Mexican vocabulary.