different between yankee vs gringo

English

Noun

yankee (plural yankees)

1. (nautical) A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

Anagrams

• Keaney

French

Adjective

yankee (plural yankees)

1. Yankee (attributive)
2. (Louisiana) An Anglo-American, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Adjective

yankee (plural yankees)

1. Alternative spelling of yanqui

Noun

yankee m or f (plural yankees)

1. Alternative spelling of yanqui

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)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. (sometimes derogatory, Latin America) a foreigner whose native language is not Spanish

   Synonyms: (Spain, Mexico) gabacho, (Spain) guiri

2. (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