11.21.09
LIFESTYLE

10 Ways To Tell You're Latina

Retna Ltd.

With all the recent frenzy about who is Latina and who isn't (Fergie, J. Alba , etc.) we decided to create the definitive lists of characteristics that can help you determine whether or not you have what it takes to be Latina.

You know you are Latina:

  1. If you can't fight the urge to clap on a plane that has just landed!
  2. If your boyfriend plucks, waxes or in any other way grooms his eyebrows even more than you do, then you are most likely a Latina...dating a Latino!
  3. If even though you're fluent in English, you still refer to going grocery shopping as a compra.
  4. If you have ever committed the cardinal sin and fashion faux pas of wearing socks with sandals!
  5. If something immensely sad or something immensely adorable both elicit the exact same response of "Ay Bendito!".
  6. If your grandmother's chancletas seemed to have some mystical boomerang powers, you know, she threw it at you and somehow it was magically back in her hand before you could even look up from your hiding place, then you are definitely Latina!
  7. If Vick's VaporRub was pronounced Bibaporú and used by everyone in your family to cure anything from burns to acne to La Gripa to infertility.
  8. If you have ever sat down on a couch and then immediately fallen off because of the slippery smooth surface created by the plastic covering the entire living room set...Latina all the way baby!
  9. If you grew up with a mother and/or grandmother who made you eat a ton of their food to prove how much you loved them, and then called you gordita five minutes later while pinching your chichos!
  10. If you are completely fed up with being called, fiery, spicy, caliente or any other adjective that could also describe a chili pepper, you are absolutely, positively, undeniably Latina.

What do you think? Let us know and be sure to share any other surefire sign of Latinidad with us!

96 Comments
This is a funny if you can take a joke with some truth running through it: - Sheck your Mexican status If you can run and play any sport while wearing chanclas....Your a Mexican!! If your late Tio left you a van and you turned it into a taco vending business...Yes, you're a Mexican. If you pronounce words beginning with the letter 'S' by putting an 'E' in front of it, (estop instead of stop)...big time Mexican. If you call a chair, a sher, you got it.... Mexican. If you have ever hurt yourself and your mama rubbed the area while chanting, ' Sana , Sana , Colita de rana.....' You're Mexican, big time!!! If you have your last name in old English lettering anywhere, your car, truck, or tattooed on your back...Yes, you ARE a Mexican (proud one too). If you refer to your wife as your ruca, your hina, your wifa, your old lady, mija or your vieja, guess what?...Not only are you a Mexican, you're a cholo. If you throw a 'Grito' every time you hear Vicente Fernandez...then not only are you a Mexican, but you are a drunk Mexican. If you have ever been pinched in church and been told 'pobrecito de ti si lloras' or 'Vas a ver orita que salgamos.' ...Yes, you're definitely a Mexican. If you grew up being called 'chamaca or chamaco' ..Mexican. If you grew up scared of La Llorona, or fear the dark because of El CuCuy! ..Yes! Mexican! Si te persinas with a lotto ticket in your hand before every drawing....You're in the Mexican Zone!!! If you ask for something by 'dame esa chingadera' instead of calling it by its name...Yup! Mexican! If you constantly refer to cereal as 'con fleys' or cake as 'kay-ke'...You're a Mexican. If you use manteca instead of vegetable oil and can't figure out why your butt is getting bigger......You might be a Mexican. If you have some Tias that dress up in their prom dresses to go to a birthday party at 'el parque'... GUess what? You are a Mexican. If your Tias and Abuela dress up in their Sunday best with heels and all to go to the 'pulga.' (AKA the Flea Market) ...Then, yes, you are a True Mexican. If most of the houses on your block are painted bright pink, mint green, and lavender. ..Mexican. If you use the bushes in front of your house, the fence, or the top of an old car to dry laundry. ...Yes, you're a Mexican. If you're congested and your mamasita rubbed 'Bicks' on you...You're Mexican. IF YOU DON'T NEED ANY EXPLANATIONS FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TRUE MEXICAN. VIVA LA RAZA!!! You know you're laughing your head off. It's all in fun, so don't get all 'adoloridos.' Just pass it on so another Mexican can laugh too! Sheck your Mexican status If you can run and play any sport while wearing chanclas....Your a Mexican!! If your late Tio left you a van and you turned it into a taco vending business...Yes, you're a Mexican. If you pronounce words beginning with the letter 'S' by putting an 'E' in front of it, (estop instead of stop)...big time Mexican. If you call a chair, a sher, you got it.... Mexican. If you have ever hurt yourself and your mama rubbed the area while chanting, ' Sana , Sana , Colita de rana.....' You're Mexican, big time!!! If you have your last name in old English lettering anywhere, your car, truck, or tattooed on your back...Yes, you ARE a Mexican (proud one too). If you refer to your wife as your ruca, your hina, your wifa, your old lady, mija or your vieja, guess what?...Not only are you a Mexican, you're a cholo. If you throw a 'Grito' every time you hear Vicente Fernandez...then not only are you a Mexican, but you are a drunk Mexican. If you have ever been pinched in church and been told 'pobrecito de ti si lloras' or 'Vas a ver orita que salgamos.' ...Yes, you're definitely a Mexican. If you grew up being called 'chamaca or chamaco' ..Mexican. If you grew up scared of La Llorona, or fear the dark because of El CuCuy! ..Yes! Mexican! Si te persinas with a lotto ticket in your hand before every drawing....You're in the Mexican Zone!!! If you ask for something by 'dame esa chingadera' instead of calling it by its name...Yup! Mexican! If you constantly refer to cereal as 'con fleys' or cake as 'kay-ke'...You're a Mexican. If you use manteca instead of vegetable oil and can't figure out why your butt is getting bigger......You might be a Mexican. If you have some Tias that dress up in their prom dresses to go to a birthday party at 'el parque'... GUess what? You are a Mexican. If your Tias and Abuela dress up in their Sunday best with heels and all to go to the 'pulga.' (AKA the Flea Market) ...Then, yes, you are a True Mexican. If most of the houses on your block are painted bright pink, mint green, and lavender. ..Mexican. If you use the bushes in front of your house, the fence, or the top of an old car to dry laundry. ...Yes, you're a Mexican. If you're congested and your mamasita rubbed 'Bicks' on you...You're Mexican. IF YOU DON'T NEED ANY EXPLANATIONS FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TRUE MEXICAN. VIVA LA RAZA!!! You know you're laughing your head off. It's all in fun, so don't get all 'adoloridos.' Just pass it on so another Mexican can laugh too!
I like Mayela's list better!
uhhh only the vaporub and number 10!
I agree with some. Being a Latina is feeling proud of your culture,lifting your head up high and be proud to be a Latina.Most Latinas/Latinos talk with our hands not all but most of us talk and talk but we have to talk with our hands. Also, MUSICA!!! the Latin culture no matter what country you are from MUSICA is in our blood!. from salsa to tango from cumbia to samba I mean latin music is the most beautiful music in the world and most of us Latinas love to dance. I have seen tyni little girls age 1 or two they hear music and little hands start shaking. Music is in our blood. Being a Latina no matter where we are from la familia, friends and being so friendly that's us. We are a beautiful race. Latinos what a beautiful word!
I only agree with some of these. To me you are a Latina if you are proud of who you are, your heritage and where you family comes from. Not because some list tells you are or are not a Latina.
Hilarious - sure brought back memories. I definitely remember the plane clapping - even today when going on vacation to different countries! I think you really have to be a US raised Latina to appreciate this list! I still do the - Hay Bendito! :)
My Dad is obsessed w/ Vicks. he uses it everyday for no reason and wont share!! My b/f is guatemalan and plucks/ shaves his eyebrows wayyy more than me! my mom has plastic on the chairs we eat at and I HATE IT! uhhhhh well you no your puerto rican if...Your refrigerator has about 50 magnets on them... If your mom rocks a Cell phone yet she don`t know how to use it....You do that funny pointing thing with your nose and if the person doesn`t understand you, you use the lips for emphasis...If others tell you to stop screaming when you're really talking...If your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner and you live in a one-bedroom apartment...If you call your boyfriend/girlfriend Papi or Mamita... La Princesita, La Encanta, La Boricua, La Lady Picasso
1. If you can't fight the urge to clap on a plane that has just landed! >>> I am Colombian and I have been to the united states a few times, but never I heard people clapping when we landed... 2. If your boyfriend plucks, waxes or in any other way grooms his eyebrows even more than you do, then you are most likely a Latina...dating a Latino! >>> I have been with my Latino for really long time and he never does those things.. 3. If even though you're fluent in English, you still refer to going grocery shopping as a compra. >>> I am very good at English (as a 2nd language), but here in colombia we call a trip to the grocery store (hacer) una vuelta. 4. If you have ever committed the cardinal sin and fashion faux pas of wearing socks with sandals! >>> I must admit, I have, in the past. Long time ago. 5. If something immensely sad or something immensely adorable both elicit the exact same response of "Hay Bendito!". >>> NEVER 6. If your grandmother's chancletas seemed to have some mystical boomerang powers, you know, she threw it at you and somehow it was magically back in her hand before you could even look up from your hiding place, then you are definitely Latina! >>> NO!! 7. If Vick's VaporRub was pronounced Bibaporú and used by everyone in your family to cure anything from burns to acne to La Gripa to infertility. >>> In colombia the say Vaporub... and they use it to put on your nose if you have a gripa, on bites from flies, on ears that are infected.. but not for everything!!! 8. If you have ever sat down on a couch and then immediately fallen off because of the slippery smooth surface created by the plastic covering the entire living room set...Latina all the way baby! >>> No one from my family has that... I never saw this (i live in Colombia). 9. If you grew up with a mother and/or grandmother who made you eat a ton of their food to prove how much you loved them, and then called you gordita five minutes later while pinching your chichos! >>> They make me eat a lot.. but do not squeeze in my cheeks and also if I dont want I just do not eat.. they know. 10. If you are completely fed up with being called, fiery, spicy, caliente or any other adjective that could also describe a chili pepper, you are absolutely, positively, undeniably Latina. >>>NO... people here are very relaxed.
You are Latino if... 1) You've ever been spanked with a flip-flop. 2)  You were scared of the chupacabras and el cuco while growing up. 3) You're sometimes asked to stop shouting, even though you're speaking at your normal volume. 4) You light a candle for the Blessed Virgin Mary the evening the lottery is played. 5) You use your lips to point things out. 6) Your mother shouts 'dinner is ready,' even though you live in a one-bedroom apartment. 7) You can dance merengue, cumbia or salsa, without any music playing. 8) You use butter instead of oil yet can't understand why your butt keeps getting bigger. 9) You cannot understand why some people dislike food with tons of condiments. 10) You're in a hatchback with six other people and one of them says to others: 'come on in, there's still room!' 11) You have at least 30 cousins. 12) Your mom fixes your lunch box every day even though you're 32. 13) You never get tired of eating soup. 14) You don't think Jennifer López is pretty, just lucky. 15) Your favorite heroes were El Chapulín Colorado and Cantinflas.
I, too, didn't quite qualify as a Latina as I've not experienced all 10 ways listed. Oh well, I guess this will be news to my mami! Jajaja. She did tell me, though, that Vick's will cure fungus infested toe nails (sorry if it grosses you out), but it's true! Now I can go back to wearing my summer chanclas! Ajua!

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