gringo
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9.4
- noun
- /ˈɡrɪŋɡoʊ/
- Slur
:
gringo
- When traveling in Latin America, I often heard locals refer to me as a gringo.
- a gringo tourist
- el gringo
- the term gringo
My favorite phrasing of it was what gringo on your staff thought it was a Pitbull?
- My favorite phrasing of it was what gringo on your staff thought it was a Pitbull?
- I, I asked the city of Cusco if I could take some core samples and they said go away, gringo, don't touch our walls.
- I'm still in that gringo ass that actually in in all of my negligence was correct.
Examples
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No matter how hard he bargained, the gringo could not get a lower price.
Academic text (2000) -
I reached for my very ordinary gringo beer again, knowing it would taste sour.
Fiction book (1995) -
I told you the gringo would be trouble.
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What do you want, gringo?
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So I went home, figured it was another gringo trick. "Perfect," I said.
Fiction book (1996) -
You know what they do to gringos in Mexico?
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At public events, friends jokingly presented me to outside visitors as "the first gringo citizen of Pagador."
Academic text (2002) -
The Mexicans do something gringos don't do when they dance: they touch each other.
Fiction book (1998) -
Isn't it true," asked the girl, "that we Mexicans treat the gringos very well?
Fiction book (1992) -
Cálmate, gringo.
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who comes from the United States, a name people in Latin America often use
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4.9
A person from the United States
Idioms
How Foreign
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gringo probably comes from Spanish griego, which means 'Greek' and was used for people who spoke a language others could not understand, like the phrase 'it's Greek to me'. So, gringo came to mean a 'foreigner', often an American or English person. One popular story says it came from English green because of green military uniforms, but that is less certain.