What does the racial slur "gringo" mean?I want to make sure I know what it means so my husband knows what he's being called at work by his co-worker.
2007-03-08 13:36:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My grandmother is Puertorican and generally, when she uses the term she is reffering to my grandfather( who is white) and she uses it in a negative connotation, I believe the way she uses it and how it has evolved (from what she told me) it's something like 'white man' but pejoratively 'dirty white man'.
2007-03-08 15:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by Myao k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A white man. And it's not really a racial slur. It's a slang for white person. There's a female and masculine form too, gringo for man and gringa for female.
2007-03-08 13:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by Meuy V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually it means a white person (female form is gringa), but sometimes is applied to any non-Hispanic.
It is slang but not necessarily pejorative. Depends on the tone of voice.
2007-03-08 13:43:30 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago looked this word up in a Spanish-English dictionary. From what I can recall, the dictionary said something to the effect of "(esp. mex.) Foreigner or stranger.", referring to non-mexicans.
2007-03-08 15:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all racial slurs mean the same thing....but this one is a mexican term for a white guy.....
2007-03-08 15:16:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always been told that "gringo" means "white boy". (And naturally, "gringa" means "white girl")
2007-03-08 13:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means white man
2007-03-08 13:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by LENA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meuy V is right. It's nothing to get excited about.
2007-03-08 14:30:51 · answer #8 · answered by supertop 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
luckily he is being called white, one of the highest comments he could be called................
2007-03-08 13:41:20 · answer #9 · answered by juanmeskin11 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋