gringo

adj.

Yankee.

m.

gringo, Yankee.

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gringo

► adjetivo

1 familiar Yankee

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar Yankee

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gringo, -a LAm

1. ADJ

1) (=extranjero) foreign; (=norteamericano) Yankee, North American

2) (=rubio) blond(e), fair

3) †† [idioma] foreign, unintelligible

2. SM / F

1) (=extranjero) foreigner; (=norteamericano) Yankee, North American

2) Cono Sur (=italiano) Italian, wop ***

3) (=rubio) blond(e), fair-haired person

3.

SM †† (=lenguaje ininteligible) gibberish

hablar en gringo — to talk double Dutch *

GRINGO The word gringo is a derogatory term used in Latin America to refer to white English-speakers, usually Americans, especially in the context of alleged economic, cultural and political interference in Latin America. One rather fanciful theory traces its origin to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 and the song "Green Grow the Rushes-oh", supposedly sung by the American troops. According to another theory it is a corruption of griego or "Greek", in the sense of anything foreign and unintelligible, as in the English expression "it's all Greek to me".

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I

-ga adjetivo

a) (AmL fam & pey) gringo, foreign (of or relating to a gringo II a))

b) (Andes fam) (rubio) fair-haired

II

-ga masculino, femenino

a) (AmL fam & pey) (extranjero) gringo, foreigner (from a non-Spanish speaking country); (norteamericano) Yank (colloq & pej), Yankee (colloq & pej)

b) (Andes fam) (rubio) (m) fair-haired boy/man; (f) fair-haired girl/woman

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= gringo.

Nota: Término peyorativo.

Ex. Consider now what we're going to place in the right-hand column, one for one, analogous: Krauts, Wops, Frogs, Kikes, Polacks, Micks, and gringos.

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I

-ga adjetivo

a) (AmL fam & pey) gringo, foreign (of or relating to a gringo II a))

b) (Andes fam) (rubio) fair-haired

II

-ga masculino, femenino

a) (AmL fam & pey) (extranjero) gringo, foreigner (from a non-Spanish speaking country); (norteamericano) Yank (colloq & pej), Yankee (colloq & pej)

b) (Andes fam) (rubio) (m) fair-haired boy/man; (f) fair-haired girl/woman

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= gringo.

Nota: Término peyorativo.

Ex: Consider now what we're going to place in the right-hand column, one for one, analogous: Krauts, Wops, Frogs, Kikes, Polacks, Micks, and gringos.

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gringo¹ -ga

adjective

1 (AmL fam pey); gringo, foreign (of or relating to a gringo² m,f 1. (↑ gringo (2)) )

2 (Andes fam) (rubio) fair-haired, blond

gringo² -ga gringo (↑ gringo a1)

masculine, feminine

1 (AmL fam pey) (extranjero) gringo, foreigner (from a non-Spanish speaking country); (norteamericano) Yankee (colloq pej), Yank (BrE colloq pej)

2 (Andes fam) (rubio) (masculine) blond o fair-haired boy/man; (feminine) blonde o fair-haired girl/woman

CULTURAL NOTE

gringo

A pejorative term in Latin America to refer to white English speakers, particularly North Americans. It has overtones of US intervention in Latin American internal affairs. In the eighteenth century the word was applied to foreigners who spoke little or no Spanish.

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gringo

◊ -ga adjetivo

a) (AmL fam & pey) gringo, foreign (of or relating to a person from a non-Spanish speaking country)

b) (Andes fam) (rubio) fair-haired

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) (AmL fam & pey) (extranjero) gringo, foreigner (from a non-Spanish speaking country);

(norteamericano) Yank (colloq & pej), Yankee (colloq & pej)

b) (Andes fam) (rubio) (m) fair-haired boy/man;

(f) fair-haired girl/woman
gringo,-a adj LAm fam pey foreign
'gringo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gringa
English:
Yankee

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gringo, -a Fam

♦ adj

1. [estadounidense] gringo, Yankee

2. Am [extranjero] gringo, foreign

♦ nm,f

1. [estadounidense] gringo, Yank

2. Am [extranjero] gringo, foreigner [from a non-Spanish-speaking country]

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gringo

m, gringa f L.Am. desp

gringo desp , foreigner

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gringo, -ga adj & n

yanqui: Yankee, gringo