mexican-american

1. 1.

   a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States

   SynonymsMexicano

   BroaderMexican

   Mexico

Questions about mexican-american

What does mexican-american mean?

mexican-american means "a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States".

How many syllables are in mexican-american?

mexican-american has 7 syllables and divides as mex-i-ca-n-a-me-ri-can under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for mexican-american?

Close synonyms include Mexicano. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.