In Mexico, a conversation is a plática, and to talk is platicar. The Larousse Spanish-English dictionary marks the noun as used in Central America and Mexico and translates it as “talk, chat.”
The same word is used for formal negotiations. In March 2026, thirty years after the talks between the federal government and the Zapatista army at San Andrés Larráinzar, in Chiapas, a column in El Imparcial recalled the moment “cuando se iban a iniciar las pláticas en Larrainzar” (when the talks in Larráinzar were about to begin).