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gringo

noun

  1. Spanish and Portuguese term for foreigner
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪŋɡəʊ/ / /ˈɡɹɪŋɡoʊ/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language. Doublet of Greek.

  1. A white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States.

    Truly it is as Don José tells me; these gringos have come but to make trouble where all was peace.

    Indeed, much like her predecessor and mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum has perfected the art of doing the gringos’ dirty work while purporting to act in a “sovereign” fashion – and even to defy the imperial overlords to the north.

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