Noun: white female American ( non Mexican)
Women with the first name Samantha usually fall under this definition. They like to hangout with half blooded Filipinos who look Mexican but nope. They are often mistaken and needed to be corrected.
These gringos like to celebrate cinco de mayo by hanging out with fake Mexicans at Acapulco to get margaritas.
a term vastly used in Mexico an LatAm to refer to a (white) Englishspeaker.
It is mostly used to refer to (white) Americans but it can be also used to refer to any (white) non-latin.
In Ecuador - Any person of foreign and or non-domestic birth or characteristics regardless of their nationality.
Rest of the word - Slang for an English-speaking U.S. (often Canadian) citizen in a Spanish-speaking country. It is less offensive than words like cr@cker but still implies a slight lack of respect or at least a lightly humorous vent. Not used in any legal sense.
Ecuador - --"Mira la gringa esa" --"No soy nada de gringa, soy de Barcelona" --"¿Y?" Look at that Gringa" --"I'm not a gringa, I am from Barcelona." --"So what?"
Rest of the word - --"¿Eres gringo?" --"¡Sí soy puro gringo! Soy de Carolina del Norte." "Are you a Gringo? "-- "Yup, 100%! I'm from North Cakilacky"