How to Say ‘Does this have peanuts?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Esto tiene cacahuates?
EHS-toh tee-EH-neh kah-kah-WAH-tehs
[EHS-toh tee-EH-neh kah-kah-WAH-tehs]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: In Mexico, [cacahuates] is the normal everyday word for peanuts. If you learned [maní], that's common in some other countries but less natural here.
Phrase Breakdown
Esto
[EHS-toh]
this
Used to point to a dish or item nearby.
Señalando el postre, pregunto: ¿Esto tiene cacahuates?
Pointing to the dessert, I ask: Does this have peanuts?
tiene
[tee-EH-neh]
has
From tener, meaning to have. Tiene here means it has.
Antes de probarlo, pregunto: ¿Esto tiene cacahuates?
Before trying it, I ask: Does this have peanuts?
cacahuates
[kah-kah-WAH-tehs]
peanuts
The common Mexican Spanish word for peanuts.
Por mi alergia, siempre pregunto: ¿Esto tiene cacahuates?
Because of my allergy, I always ask: Does this have peanuts?
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