Spanish (Mexico) style guide

Use this page for Mexican Spanish. The catalog key es identifies this edition; it does not mean that every Spanish locale follows its choices. Use the shared Spanish guide for grammar, messages, punctuation, notation and keyboard wording. Choose the runtime language tag separately through language and locale.

Address and terminology

Use tú in ordinary product help unless the brief calls for usted. Use ustedes for several readers. Keep the associated verb and possessive forms consistent. A technical subject does not require a different form of address for each message. See address and agreement.

Prefer computadora, la PC and video for this edition. These are local choices, not evidence that another form is incorrect everywhere. Preserve exact labels and product-specific terminology when quoting the interface.

Use comprobar or verificar when the intended check is clear. Checar is established Mexican usage; a house preference for another verb does not make it ungrammatical. Match the operation rather than assigning one verb an unsupported guarantee of certainty.

Distinguish an application that deja de responder from a phone call that ends. Cancelar, anular, eliminar, quitar and extraer name potentially different actions. Keep a precise product term when a broader synonym would lose the distinction.

Local wording without changed facts

Adapt idioms only when the translated message preserves the source’s claim. An event sequence does not prove a hardware cause. A reference to a specific device, such as a módem, must not become a generic compatible device if the task requires the modem.

Keep every affected person in a warning, including the reader when the source includes them. Use the shared message and placeholder rules to preserve tense, conditions, variables and named arguments. Do not repair a suspicious token by guessing what the programmer intended.

Use a neutral formulation when it preserves the actor: la persona responsable. A collective such as el personal is not a replacement for one named person. Follow the shared inclusion guidance.

Numbers and speech

A decimal point is customary in Mexican numeric usage: 12.5 mm. Follow the product’s verified locale formatting for dynamic values and preserve exact input syntax. A named month such as 13 de septiembre de 2026 is clear across date-order conventions.

Identify Mexican pesos when $ could be confused with another currency. Keep MXN when required by a data field. Do not change an amount, currency or unit while localizing its presentation. Use names and formats for the shared rules.

Use natural Mexican Spanish pronunciation, without adding slang or imitating a stereotype. Preserve necessary characters when reading a URL, version or identifier. The shared speech guidance covers the remaining decisions.