1. CUBAN FOOD.

There is nothing I love more than a big, fat plate of Cuban food. Whether you take a trip to La Carreta or El Rinconcito, you can’t beat the mouth-watering taste of arroz con frijoles in Miami.

2. "Dale, bro."

Whether you’re saying hi or bye, “dale” is the first word and last word you will hear.

-“I’ll be there in 10 minutes.” “Okay, dale bro.”

3. Greeting everyone with a kiss on the cheek.

Whether you’re arriving or leaving, you have to kiss everyone on the cheek as a greeting. But beware- once you leave Miami and you try to greet someone who doesn’t’ know about it with a kiss on the cheek, they’ll think you’re weird. Trust me.

4. Cafecito

Cafecito: Cuban expresso coffee that is meant to take as a shot and bring you back from the dead. Cafecito will have you wired for the entire day until you come back home and take another shot of cafecito. It’s like water to us- we can’t live without it.

5. Going home at 5pm? You'll never make it.

All Miamians know about the dreadful rush hour that blocks up the entire expressway and basically the entire city of Miami starting at 5pm. Just take precautions and stay home between the hours of 5pm-9pm. Take it from me, trust me.

6. "Guy."

“It’s that guy you won’t believe what (insert name here) did yesterday, bro.”

Whether you describe a girl, boy, cat, or dog; guy is the number 1 word Miamians turn to to describe it all.

7. "Que pena."

“Dude, I literally saw my ex boyfriend at the mall the other day and I looked like a papa- que pena, bro.”

8. “Sin pena.”

Sin pena: a term that means you did something with no shame, whatsoever. Even if it is eating a whole entire plate of croquetas, you ate them sin pena.

9. Croquetas

Croquetas is a Miamian’s number 1 survival food. All. The. Time.

10. Pastelitos

Whether you love or hate sweets, pastelitos are just heaven’s creation that Miamian’s can never survive without. Like never, bro.