gringo
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gringo (plural gringos or gringoes)
- (slang, often pejorative, Latin America) A foreigner of Northern European phenotype.
Related terms [edit]
- gringa (female)
Anagrams [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Spanish gringo.
Noun [edit]
gringo m (plural gringos)
- gringo
- (slang, Brazil) Something very cool.
- (slang, Brazil) Foreign/foreigner.
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- Aquele cara alí é gringo - That dude over there is a foreigner
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Usage notes [edit]
Unlike in other Latin American countries, the word gringo in Brazil does not imply something bad nor is it derogatory in any way.
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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).
Noun [edit]
gringo m (plural gringos, feminine singular gringa, feminine plural gringas)
- (sometimes pejorative, Latin America) gringo
Derived terms [edit]
- gringo de agua juca (Honduras)
- Gringolandia, gringolandia f
- Gringotenango
- gringuera f (Honduras)
