2007-05-05 15:49:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well apparantly its use depends on where you go. In some Spanish speaking countries is can be a derrogatory term. But in a place like Brazil, for example, it is just used as a blanket term to refer to any foreigner, usually a white European/North American.
2007-05-05 15:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lived and worked in Mexico for three years. I talked with many Mexicans about the term and have tried to find a definitive origin of it. After more than thirty years of looking, I haven´t found its origin beyond a doubt. I never heard a Mexican use it with any kind of bad meaning. I haven´t ever heard a native Spanish-speaker born outside of this country use it with any malice or as in insult. I don't mind the term. I even refer to myself as a gringo when I speak Spanish with my friends. It's all what you think you hear or want to hear in the term that counts.
Good question.
2007-05-05 23:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what "gringo" means? In Mexico, it refers to an American residing there. The word is Spanish. But when I think of it, I imagine a light-gold sandy beach with palm trees and Pina Coladas.
2007-05-05 22:55:34 · answer #3 · answered by shefannigan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When US troops invaded Mexico on the mid 1800's, apparently they often sung "Green Grow the Rushes Ho!!." (It is still used as a children's campfire song today). The locals picked up on "Green Go," which became "Gringo" in Spanish.
Can anyone verify this story?
2007-05-05 23:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by mr_fartson 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am proud to be a gringo, a cracker or anything else you wants to call me, just don't call me late for dinner.
2007-05-05 23:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prefer Guerra
2007-05-05 22:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When i lived on the Border of Mexico i found out many times. it mean You in green uniforms leave our land you are not welcome here. When we won Texas from Mexico our solders wore green uniforms. So when someone call you Gringo it is not complimentary.Therefore you are being told Green uniform,go
2007-05-05 22:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it's just another word people use for white people. And that's a very long list.
2007-05-05 23:01:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love the way it's pronounced. It's a shame i rarely get to use it in a sentence.
2007-05-05 22:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know where it comes from. My Puerto Rican husband calls me a "gringa" from time to time. As for others, it doesn't bother me as much as they hope it would.
2007-05-05 22:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋