Mexican Independence Day: Ordering round of tequila to toast the nation

🇲🇽 blanco is unaged and sharper, while reposado is rested in barrels for a smoother taste. There's also añejo "aged", the most expensive, which is usually sipped slowly rather than shot.

💬 In Mexico limón means the small green lime. Lemons are rare and are sometimes called limón amarillo "yellow lime".

💬 ¿Viene con...? is a handy way to ask what's included with anything you order. For example: ¿Viene con papas? "Does it come with fries?"

🇲🇽 sangrita is a spicy, tangy chaser usually made with orange juice, lime and chili, drunk in alternating sips with tequila. It isn't sangria and contains no wine.

💬 Hundreds change their ending to match what's being counted: cuatrocientos pesos, but cuatrocientas personas "four hundred people". Watch for the irregular ones too: quinientos "500", setecientos "700", novecientos "900".

💬 aquí tiene is the polite form for handing something over, literally "here you have." With a friend you'd say aquí tienes.

🇲🇽 This is the polite comeback when someone thanks you, as if to say "no, thank you." Use a ti with a friend.

💬 salud literally means "health," so you're drinking to everyone's health. It's also what people say when someone sneezes.

🇲🇽 On the night of September 15th, crowds answer the Grito "shout" of independence with ¡Viva! after each name of a hero. Shouting ¡Viva México! with the room is expected and welcomed, including from foreigners.

💬 que plus this verb form expresses a wish: "may it happen." You'll hear it in ¡Que te vaya bien! "Hope it goes well for you!" and ¡Que viva la fiesta!.