A red, sweet, aromatic fruit that in Mexico also describes a snobby, preppy person from the upper class. The strawberry is delicious; the person it describes, not always so much.

A creamy, nutritious green fruit that's the base of guacamole and a staple of Mexican cuisine. Avocado toast made it trendy worldwide, but Latin Americans have been eating it with everything for centuries.

An extremely fussy, nitpicky person who obsesses over tiny details and complains endlessly. In Colombia and Venezuela, a 'tiquismiquis' is the person who sends back food because the plate wasn't warmed, or who rewrites a message twelve times because one comma is wrong.

A casual filler expression used for agreement, acknowledgment, or to prompt someone to continue. In Venezuela, 'ajá' fills the space between sentences, signals that you're listening, or carries mild skepticism depending on the intonation. The most versatile two syllables in Venezuelan Spanish.