Giving a date compliments: Responding gracefully to a compliment

💬 quedar with te means "to fit or suit you." The clothing is what does the suiting. For more than one item, say te quedan muy bien "they look great on you."

💬 muchas matches gracias, which is always plural. You'll never hear mucha gracias.

💬 lo "it" goes before the verb, not after as in English. For a feminine item, use la: la compré "I bought it" (a blouse, for example).

💬 Here pasada comes after semana, unlike English. Same pattern: el mes pasado "last month", el año pasado "last year".

💬 lo "it" goes before the verb, not after. Swap in la for something feminine: la compré for a camisa.

🇲🇽 guapo is the standard compliment for a man's looks and is fine on a date. Say guapa when complimenting a woman.

💬 poquito is poco "little" with a shrinking ending, making it sound smaller and cuter. Mexicans add -ito everywhere: ahorita, cafecito.

🇲🇽 Thanking and then playing down your effort is the classic gracious response in Mexico. Accepting a compliment flatly can sound a bit vain.

🇲🇽 Said after someone mentions their effort, like wearing a favorite shirt, this works as a light, playful compliment.

💬 te queda means "it fits/suits you", and the ending of padrísima matches the clothing: te queda padrísimo for el vestido. -ísima turns padre "cool" into "super cool".

🇲🇽 padre meaning "cool" is distinctly Mexican slang. It's friendly and casual, perfect on a date but too informal for a work setting.

💬 vas a plus a verb is the everyday way to say "going to": vas a ver "you're going to see". me goes up front, before the whole chunk.

💬 Spanish j sounds like a breathy English h, so jaja is just "haha" (HA-ha). You'll see it written this way in texts.

💬 pues here doesn't mean "then". It's a filler like "well", and Mexicans start lots of sentences with it.

💬 irse means "to leave", not just "to go", so nos vamos means "we're heading out". Without the question mark it's a statement: nos vamos "we're leaving".

💬 After words like de, tú "you" becomes ti with no accent mark. Same with para ti "for you".

🇲🇽 Letting your date go first through a door is a common, appreciated courtesy in Mexico. It's often met with a smile and gracias.