Hello everyone, welcome to CMG for you. This is Jeff and today we have two special guests This is Gordon Hola, I'm Gordon and this is Cynthia Hola, I'm Cynthia And we're having a special video today about Mexico versus Spain You know, there are some words that we use differently, so it would be good for you to know because you can find confusion and sometimes embarrassment if you try to use these words in the wrong country These are words that are pretty much They are words that you can use every day, so so it will be good for you to know Number one, if you smoke this will be very useful in Mexico. We call a lighter and send it out But in Spain people call them so in Spain's in here lighter In Spain lighter un metero Now in Mexico the word metero we only use it for that life and fire thing that you use in the lab you can see here and just as an addition to what Jeff was saying in the laboratory It's a Bunsen burner you was referring to that which in Mexico is this in metero Yeah, do you know what a Bunsen burner is in in Spanish in the laboratory? You know the flame Next word here in Mexico we call a screwdriver the Sarmador but in Spain screwdriver in Spain In Spain the Stormy Yador Here in Mexico we understand to the word the Stormy Yador so even if you use the other here it will be okay Now for a light bulb here in Mexico we call it Focal Light bulb In Spain light bulb is una bombilla Okay, and Jeff mentioned that in Mexico they say Focal but Focal in Spanish Focal we've got Focal as well. It's different. It's a spotlight. Focal. Yeah, it's a spotlight. Okay, Focal Okay, the word Bambilla does sound weird here. We never say that some people might get confused with that word but you know like People should know for a paper For a sheet of paper like this in Spanish with in Mexico we call it Oja de papel sheet of paper Okay in Spain a sheet of paper could be a umfolio if it's blank like to put in the printer That's a folio Una ocha una ocha de papel For example here Polina book No Okay, folio sounds really weird here in Mexico folio sounds like a number you use for a set of pages maybe from Contribility stuff so I don't know we don't understand the word folio For a pen we would call it Roma And so pen Pen In Spanish on bolígrafo in Spain Okay, bolígrafo. Oh, boli. Oh, boli. Boli. Most people say boli for short. Yeah Boli I think we it sounds weird. We would use that we would understand the word bolígrafo but not boli by itself also Please explain what in spain means Tener pluma. Okay, so what is this expression? Tener pluma? Tener pluma is to be a little to be a little bit a feminist Ser un poco a feminado Here we wouldn't understand that reference in Mexico. We usually call people who Would use the word a feminado which means like with Female manners also we would use the word a manerado which means to have maybe gestures or expressions that look like Like a girl Gestures, okay, and some other words that you use for that Now that you can say as well, say it un poco trucha Little bit try. Don't know why. See I am the And this is the this is worse though, but you can say a little Americanado But when it has the word maricón is not that nice. Pajorative. Yes. Okay. So you're in Mexico You want to know what's happening in the world? We watch the noticeiros but in spain Okay, so the news in there In the news in spain las noticias O el telediario Okay, which is more common? I think they both the both is about the same for the noticias por el telediario Okay, don't watch Just depression. Yeah Telediario's really sounds foreigner. We Would never say that or hear that now Here in Mexico we Call on the cell phone or we call cell phone it happens Which is Mexican spain it happens like in great Britain and in the UK and in the United States In Mexico, we call cell phones cellulators, but in spain Okay, and so if a cell phone or a mobile phone A mobile phone in spain is Un mobile. Un teléfono mobile So it should be easy for you to remember Mexico cell phone cellulator spain mobile mobile now the computer is called here Compotadora should be pretty easy but in spain Computer Computer is in spain is an ordenador Own portatil if it's a laptop. Okay Yeah, and the way that I used to remember Computer or the not odd is because it would put in in order the information. So that was how I used to remember him That's the idea. It's the idea. Sometimes Not always When we are just at beat Chile at night we cover with a Savannah blanket, fun spain Okay, so Jeff's talking about this A blanket that you pull over yourself to keep yourself warm. So in spain what's that a blanket? In spain is una manta Una manta una manta and so but you have the word savana Savana is a sheet which is thinner that you have on the button under the blanket on the bed. Yes, uh-huh The thin one typically white And then manta is thicker When we want to go somewhere else on the city using the public transportation We would use the commune or bus but in spain people take them and then for a bus in spain a la taboo la taboo Now you know handcuffs in Mexico. We call them manquernillas but in spain people call them Jeff is Slight confusion about this Jeff was doing this now. I I assumed that he meant Um cuff links, okay, but he said the word handcuffs. So we're gonna cover both, okay? So first of all cuff links, oh cuff links Dos ajemelos when you were a suit, un traje, un hombre, lleva a gemelos, okay, yes, so in a suit and in the shirt Cups so there are twins the call and the twins, yes, jamello and then handcuffs at the police would put on you. Okay In spain in spain is posas Wives wife Why would they use the word wives for such to keep you imprisoned? Yeah Exactly why not Okay Okay, gemelos here in Mexico sounds like twins so we wouldn't understand that Now to drink when you when you're To drink soda the cinema or somewhere else do you use that use out a straw in spanish we call it popote Which is an allotal word button spain A straw straw is in spain is una pajita Pajita and where does that come from? Pajas straw is a is baja Baja straw in countryside yeah So maybe come from that yeah This are in Mexico are lentis glasses but in spain they're called glasses glasses in spain gaffas Las gaffas gaffas And I don't know if you know this but in the UK in English a gaffer is a boss So I used to always remember the boss is where the glasses yeah The gaffas were but how do I think in the US to have the word gaffer