What Mexican Spanish dish means literally 'little strips'?
Mexican street food Mexican street food Mexican street food, called "antojitos" (literally "little cravings"), is prepared by street vendors and at small traditional markets in Mexico. Street foods include tacos, tamales, gorditas, quesadillas, empalmes, tostadas, chalupa, elote, tlayudas, cemita, pambazo, empanada, nachos, chilaquiles, fajita and tortas, as well as fresh fruit, vegetables, beverages and soups such as menudo, pozole and pancita. Most are available in the morning and the evening, as mid-afternoon is the time for the main formal meal of the day. Mexico has one of the most extensive street food cultures in Latin America, and "Forbes" named Mexico City as one
Mexican Spanish "excessive" use is commonly associated with lower-class speech. In some regions of Mexico, the diminutive suffix "-ito" is also used to form affectives to express politeness or submission ("cafecito", literally "little coffee"; "cabecita", literally "little head"; "chavito" "little boy"), and is attached to names ("Marquitos", from "Marcos"; "Juanito", from "Juan"—cf. Eng. "Johnny") denoting affection. In the northern parts of the country, the suffix "-ito" is often replaced in informal situations by "-illo" ("cafecillo", "cabecilla", "morrillo", "Juanillo"). The augmentative suffix "-(z)ote" is typically used in Mexico to make nouns larger, more powerful, etc. For example, the word "camión", in Mexico, means