gringo

Meaning

1. (Latin-America, derogatory, masculine, sometimes) a fair-skinned foreigner whose native language is not Spanish
2. (Latin-America, derogatory, masculine, sometimes) an American (a person from the United States), especially a white American.

Concepts

gringo

cock

rooster

🐓

Synonyms

estadounidense

🇺🇸/🇲🇵/🇺🇲

americano

🇺🇸/🇲🇵/🇺🇲

americano

🇺🇸/🇲🇵/🇺🇲

yanqui

gringa

gabacho

guiri

grencho

bolillo

gabacho

gallo

🐓

Translations

Gringo

gringo

Ausländer

Yankee

coq

Anglo-américain

gallo

🐓

nordamericano

gringo

Gallus domesticus

gringo

جْرِينْجُو

gringa

Fremder

Hyphenated as

grin‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɾinɡo/

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”). Or else due to the ubiquity of the song Green Grow the Lilacs among the men who settled the interior of the American continent.