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The word gringo was first recorded in Volume II of the Diccionario castellano con las voces de Ciencias y Artes y sus correspondientes en las 3 lenguas francesa, latina e italiana (Castilian Dictionary including the Words of the Sciences and the Arts, and their Correspondents in 3 Languages: French, Latin, and Italian, 1787), by Terreros y Pando, wherein it is defined as:
TLDR a non spanish speaker on the american continent.
The word gringo was first recorded in Volume II of the Diccionario castellano con las voces de Ciencias y Artes y sus correspondientes en las 3 lenguas francesa, latina e italiana (Castilian Dictionary including the Words of the Sciences and the Arts, and their Correspondents in 3 Languages: French, Latin, and Italian, 1787), by Terreros y Pando, wherein it is defined as:
TLDR a non spanish speaker on the american continent.
"The term gringo comes from the green uniforms of american soldiers in the mexican american war."
"no it doesnt you hamster loving buffoon, it translates from the spanish word for greek, and was coopted to refer to all citizens of the USA because the country's name translates poorly"
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"no it doesnt you hamster loving buffoon, it translates from the spanish word for greek, and was coopted to refer to all citizens of the USA because the country's name translates poorly"
"oh"
by AlackofCaring April 12, 2017
Get the Gringo mug.the word origionated from the mexican american war because legend says that mexicans called americans gringos because what they haerd was "Green Go!"
by Diego Vazquez December 1, 2017
Get the Gringo mug.A gringo is the whitest ass mofo you’ll ever meet it is originally from Mexico to describe outsiders but is the Spanish equivalent to cracker.
by Carter Cornwallis October 24, 2019
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Jake: "well you're a gringo yank
Phil: *flings back like an anime protagonist getting hit by an antagonist but instead of getting up and rushing back to fight, fucking dies*
Jake: "well you're a gringo yank
Phil: *flings back like an anime protagonist getting hit by an antagonist but instead of getting up and rushing back to fight, fucking dies*
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Get the gringo mug.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.
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.
Who is that pretty fat booty girl who’s hanging out with those Mexican sisters. “ oh that’s el gringo”
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