a term vastly used in Mexico an LatAm to refer to a (white) English speaker.
It is mostly used to refer to (white) Americans but it can be also used to refer to any (white) non-latin.
It is mostly used to refer to (white) Americans but it can be also used to refer to any (white) non-latin.
P1(latin): jaja pinche gringo pendejo, no sabe que estoy hablando pura mierda de él.
P2(gringo): tf did he say?
P2(gringo): tf did he say?
by obese cumlord September 10, 2021
by jayzz1232 July 21, 2019
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
by Adarianis June 14, 2022
A racist close minded white American Or English person who has problems with Hispanic people because they believe that they are criminals
by Bumlordio March 08, 2020
As copied and pasted wholesale from wikipedia:
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"
"oh"
"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 13, 2017
I sold my soul to tech. Yes, I'm a gringo. Facebook is my friend, yeah I'm a gringo. I rent out my income property for double what it is worth, yeah I'm a gringo. Gringos raised the price of gasoline and groceries after Trump was not re-elected.
by Applejacksismymickname August 13, 2023