First date dinner: Offering to split or pay the bill

💬 a medias means split evenly, half each. la stands in for la cuenta "the check", so it comes before the verb.

🇲🇽 On a first date in Mexico, whoever did the inviting often pays, traditionally the man. Offering to split is polite, but expect some back-and-forth before anyone agrees.

💬 invitar means to pay for someone, not just to invite them. Yo invito at a table means the bill is yours.

💬 This literally asks "How do you believe?" but works as a friendly "No way!" or "Don't be silly!"

🇲🇽 Very Mexican, and a warm way to protest when someone offers to pay. It can also be a gracious "don't mention it" when someone thanks you.

💬 me attaches to the end of the command deja, and the accent keeps the stress on the first syllable. Same pattern: Dime "Tell me", Ayúdame "Help me".

💬 Putting yo at the end stresses it: me, not you. It's a gentle way to insist.

💬 la próxima is short for la próxima vez "next time"; the vez usually gets dropped in speech.

🇲🇽 Accepting while promising to pay next time is the graceful way to give in. It also signals you'd like a second date.

🇲🇽 Va is casual Mexican agreement, like "cool" or "deal". Fine with friends and dates, but too relaxed for formal situations.

💬 listo usually means "ready", but on its own it often wraps something up, like "done" or "there we go".

💬 ya marks something as already finished: ya comí "I already ate", ya llegué "I'm here now".

💬 pasarla bien means to have a good time, and the la doesn't refer to anything specific. Swap in another ending: La pasamos increíble "We had an amazing time".

💬 irse means to leave, not just to go, which is why nos is there. ¿Vamos? alone would mean "Shall we go somewhere?"

💬 vámonos is vamos plus nos, squeezed together; the final s of vamos drops off before nos.