yanqui

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 Spanish 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.4 Adjective 2.5 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Spanish yanqui. Dated to 1928.

[edit] Noun

yanqui

1. A citizen of the United States of America as opposed to a Latin American.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Alternative forms

• yanki

[edit] Etymology

From the English Yankee.

[edit] Noun

yanqui m. and f. (plural yanquis)

1. yankee

[edit] Adjective

yanqui m. and f. (plural yanquis)

1. yankee

[edit] See also

• estadounidense
• gringo
• norteamericano