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gringo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language. Doublet of Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???????/
- Rhymes: -?????
Noun
gringo (plural gringos or gringoes)
- (slang, often derogatory) a white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:white person
Related terms
- gringa (female)
Translations
Further reading
- gringo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Goring, goring, orging
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gringo.
Noun
gringo m (plural gringos, feminine gringa, feminine plural gringas)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a foreigner, especially one from an advanced country and especially one from the United States
- Synonym: estrangeiro
Usage notes
Unlike English and Spanish gringo, this Portuguese term is not inherently offensive.
Adjective
gringo m (feminine singular gringa, masculine plural gringos, feminine plural gringas, comparable)
- (slang, Brazil) foreign (from another country, especially the United States or another developed one)
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from griego (“Greek”), particularly from the phrase hablar en griego (“to speak Greek”), with a similar connotation to the English phrase it's all Greek to me. Possibly influenced by peregrino (“pilgrim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???in?o/, [?????.?o]
Noun
gringo m (plural gringos, feminine gringa, feminine plural gringas)
- (sometimes derogatory, Latin America) a foreigner whose native language is not Spanish
- Synonyms: (Spain, Mexico) gabacho, (Spain) guiri
- (sometimes derogatory, Latin America) an American (a person from the United States), particularly a white American
Derived terms
- agringar
- gringo de agua juca (Honduras)
- Gringolandia, gringolandia f
- Gringotenango
- gringuera f (Honduras)
Descendants
- ? English: gringo
- ? Portuguese: gringo
See also
- chele (Honduras)
- cholo
- grencho (Honduras)
- güero
- pocho
- guiri
Further reading
- “gringo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- Comprehensive etymology tracing it to before the Mexican-American war
gringo From the web:
eringo
English
Noun
eringo (countable and uncountable, plural eringos or eringoes)
- Alternative form of eryngo
Anagrams
- Regino, ignore, ingoer, region
eringo From the web:
- what does eringo
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