what is the meaning of "Gringo"?

Answer 1

Gringo (feminine, gringa) is a term in the Spanish and Portuguese languages used in some countries of Latin America to refer to native English speakers (from the United States in particular, but also from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and elsewhere as well) as well as other non-English speakers of European heritage. The American Heritage Dictionary classifies the term as offensive slang [1], though many who use it do not do so pejoratively.

In informal Spanish speech, "gringo" offers a convenient shorthand, to refer to a person from the U.S., since the term "American" is used to refer to anyone from the entire American continent (North, Central and South).

The term does lend itself to derogatory, paternalistic or endearing connotations sometimes, depending on the context and the intent of the user.

In some regions of Argentina, Paraguay and nearby areas, "Gringo" is used to refer to anyone of blonde hair and/or light skin color, regardless of their origin. It is not a pejorative term. It is also used (jokingly) as a nickname for people who are dark skinned. Another word for gringo in this part of the world is Polaco (Polish).

Answer 2

Gringo Meaning

Answer 3

In Latin America the word gringo is an offensive term for a foreigner, particularly an American or English person. But the word existed in Spanish before this particular sense came into being. In fact, gringo may be an alteration of the word griego, the Spanish development of Latin Graecus, “Greek.” Griego first meant “Greek, Grecian,” as an adjective and “Greek, Greek language,” as a noun. The saying “It's Greek to me” exists in Spanish, as it does in English, and helps us understand why griego came to mean “unintelligible language” and perhaps, by further extension of this idea, “stranger, that is, one who speaks a foreign language.” The altered form gringo lost touch with Greek but has the senses “unintelligible language,” “foreigner, especially an English person,” and in Latin America, “North American or Britisher.” Its first recorded English use (1849) is in John Woodhouse Audubon's Western Journal: “We were hooted and shouted at as we passed through, and called ‘Gringoes.’”

Answer 4

Have a taco white boy!

Gringo is the term for 'white boy' or 'white person' most commonly used as white boy though.

Taco Gringos..wooo lolI love that name

Answer 5

A white person or in other terms non hispanic of white decent.

Answer 6

i don't see how that has anything to do with yom kippur...

Answer 7

white person

Answer 8

American

Answer 9

it's a nasty mexican swear word. and i have no idea why you would ask that in this catagory.

Answer 10

look it up on Dictionary.com fool.