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It will help you fit in so you sound less like a foreigner. Learning Mexican Spanish slang will help you understand what is being said and help you sound more like a native speaker yourself. So it’s always a good idea to brush up on slang and common expressions when you are planning to travel to a new place.

A “barbie” in Australia means a barbeque, whereas, in other English speaking countries, you'd probably think of a Barbie doll!.

A “car park” in Britain would be a “parking lot” in the US and Canada.

An “apartment” in the United States is a “flat” in the UK or Australia.

If you stop to think about it, you can probably come up with a whole list of words in your native language that mean something other than the literal translation or have different meanings around the world. Spanish idioms and slang are two of the things that complicate the process of transitioning from staged speaking and listening exercises to speaking Spanish comfortably with native speakers.