gringo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
gringo (plural gringos)
- (slang, sometimes pejorative, Latin America) A Caucasian foreigner.
[edit] Related terms
- gringa (female)
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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Etymology
From Spanish gringo.
[edit] Noun
gringo m. (plural gringos)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
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).
[edit] Noun
gringo m. (plural gringos, feminine singular gringa, feminine plural gringas)
- (sometimes pejorative, Latin America) gringo
[edit] Derived terms
- gringo de agua juca (Honduras)
- Gringolandia, gringolandia f.
- Gringotenango
- gringuera f. (Honduras)
