We are sharing funny Cinco de Mayo Memes to celebrate the May 5th Mexican holiday. Let’s learn about this Mexican holiday while enjoying all the funny memes about Cinco de Mayo!

homer simpson dressed in a poncho and sombrero shaking morracos for a happy cinco de mayo memes

May 5 is the day you eat tacos, drink tequila and margaritas while sharing a happy cinco de mayo meme with your friends might be what you do. No judgement, but did you know it is a legit Mexican holiday?

Funny Cinco De Mayo Memes

First things first, Cinco De Mayo is not the Mexican Independence day. It actually commemorates the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War.

Meme of a man with a sombrero looking frustrated, with text saying his boss told him to work on Cinco de Mayo because it's not a holiday.

So where does chips and queso (let’s not forget the salsa!) come in? It actually isn’t a huge holiday in Mexico! Leave it to the United States to commercialize yet another holiday. That’s okay, we are here for it!

Meme of three men in elaborate mariachi outfits with text saying 'Happy Cinco de Mayo, Americans!', humorously emphasizing the festive date.

Here in the United States, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated as a commemoration of the Mexican culture and heritage. Plus, I mean – we have the BEST Cinco De Mayo memes – so there is that.

Learn more about the history of this holiday.

A grumpy cat meme with text saying 'Cinco de Mayo is just St. Patrick's Day with tacos and tequila,' humorously comparing the two celebrations.

America started commercializing May 5th in the 1980s. As the Latino population continued to grow in the United States, creating a larger economic force – beer companies saw an opportunity.

Cinco de Mayo meme featuring an excited cartoon character yelling 'Drink all the Mexican beer!' with bright yellow and pink background.

We can thank the Gambrinus Group, the Texas importers of Corona and Negra Modelo for launching a marketing campaign to encouraging Mexican Americans to drink Mexican beer on the holiday.

According to CNET, in 1993 the marketing director at the Gambrinus group stated that the May 5th holiday was becoming one of the beer industry’s biggest promotions. SO yes, this Cinco de Mayo meme is really just a promotion for the beer industry.

Meme featuring a character with sunglasses and the text 'What if I told you Cinco de Mayo is just an excuse for white people to drink,' highlighting Cinco de Mayo humor.

Now I can say that Mexican restaurants, especially in Texas – benefit from this marketing push.

Happy Cinco de Mayo Memes

Share the happy Cinco de Mayo memes when you are gathering your May 5th happy hour crowd.

We don’t talk about Seis de Mayo very much because we probably are too busy dealing with a headache and fighting dehydration.

Meme with bold text reading 'Happy Cinco de Mayo and Seis de Hangover,' humorously highlighting the notorious aftermath of the celebrations.

For your friend who lives it up on May 5th but doesn’t know any Spanish words – or just a few. You know the basics, cinco de Mayo, taco, margarita, tequila – I get it. (see our taco memes!)

Meme with colorful decorations saying 'Happy Cinco de Mayo to someone who only knows those 3 Spanish words,' featuring a margarita with a sombrero and a piñata on a green background. Perfect for your one friend who thinks 'taco' is a verb.

Speaking of not speaking Spanish, this hilarious Cinco de Mayo meme cracks me up. The best Cinco de Mayo pun ever.

Meme titled 'Sinko de Mayo' featuring a jar of mayonnaise sitting at the bottom of a kitchen sink, humorously playing on the words 'Cinco de Mayo.'

On Tuesdays you know what we do. Taco Tuesday memes for the win!

Drinking on Cinco de Mayo

Stay hydrated, friends. While indulging on those tacos, burritos, margaritas and tequila – remember that Kentucky Derby is this weekend. Think about your liver.

Meme showing a couple labeled 'Kentucky Derby' and 'Cinco de Mayo' passionately kissing while a woman labeled 'My liver thinking about the next 3 days' looks on in shock, symbolizing the heavy drinking associated with these events.

This dog Cinco de Mayo meme gets it. First you fiesta, then you siesta. And I can’t reiterate enough, WATER people – drink your water.

Cinco de Mayo meme featuring a dog in a colorful sombrero napping with a bottle, captioned 'First Fiesta Then Siesta.'

When the tequila hits, this cat knows whats up. Also, please for the love (or hate) of cats, do not feed your cat tequila.

Funny tequila meme featuring a wide-eyed cat with its mouth open and the text 'WHEN THE TEQUILA HITS.'

Brace yourself, the margaritas are coming. Or if you need margarita memes, we have those too!

Funny Cinco de Mayo meme with a man in a sombrero holding a margarita, captioned, 'Brace yourself, the margaritas are coming.'

Here we go with May 6th again. Ya’ll hydrate yourselves.

cinco de seis meme

Star Wars Cinco de Mayo Memes

These hilarious Cinco de Mayo Star Wars memes are the perfect after math to Star Wars day (May the 4th be with you.)

Cinco de Mayo meme with a famous green character wearing a sombrero, encouraging tequila and taco festivities with playful urgency.

Revenge of the fifth.

Cinco de Mayo meme featuring a person dressed as a Jedi with a sombrero and mustache, wielding a lightsaber, titled 'Revenge of the Fifth.'

Don’t miss all of our Star Wars memes.

Meme featuring Yoda with the text 'May the 5th be with you... wait, that's not right,' humorously mixing Cinco de Mayo with a famous Star Wars line.

Working on May 5th

This Cinco De Mayo work meme is for all of you who celebrate the 5th during your lunch break and come back to the office (or zoom).

Meme of a woman enthusiastically opening curtains with text reading 'Me coming back to work after celebrating a Cinco de Mayo lunch,' capturing post-fiesta vibes with humor.

Enjoy all of our funny work memes, not just on May 5th! And shout out to everyone who is calling in sick on Cinco de seis!

Cinco de Mayo meme with text: 'Happy Cinco de Mayo to everyone calling in sick on Cinco de Seis,' humorously acknowledging post-celebration excuses.

Share the Memes about Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo, padres – we hope you enjoy the date without partying too hard. Make sure to share the Cinco de Mayo memes. We just ask that you tag Digital Mom Blog on social media and link back to this post so more people can enjoy the funny!

We are sharing May memes – funny memes for all the momentous meme sharing reasons for the month of May!

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