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Another theory involves locals yelling "Green, go home!" at invading American soldiers (sometimes in conflicts other than the Mexican–American War), in reference to their supposedly green uniforms. [18] gringo". definition of gringo. The Free Dictionary . Retrieved 17 November 2021. Often Offensive: (in Latin America or Spain) A foreigner in Latin America, especially an American or English person. Alternatively, it has been suggested that gringo could derive from the Caló language, the language of the Romani people of Spain, as a variant of the hypothetical * peregringo, 'peregrine', 'wayfarer', 'stranger'. [16] [17] Folk etymologies [ edit ] Esteban Terreros y Pando (S.I.) (1787). Diccionario castellano con las voces de ciencias y artes y sus correspondientes en las tres lenguas francesa, latina é italiana: E-O. en la imprenta de la Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Compañia. p.240.

http://www.fhuc.unl.edu.ar/portalgringo/crear/gringa/elportal/pdf/editoriales/gringo1.pdf [ bare URL PDF] gringo, ga". SM Diccionarios. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013 . Retrieved 17 November 2021. desp.: Persona nacida en los Estados Unidos de América (país americano) gringo". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Cambridge University . Retrieved 17 November 2021. used in Latin American countries to refer to people from the US or other English-speaking countries Note: This word is usually considered offensive. a b Llorente, Analía (2020). " "Gringo", "yanqui", "yuma" y "gabacho": por qué los estadounidenses tienen tantos apodos y de dónde viene cada uno". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish) . Retrieved 2023-06-23.Gringo is a result of American troops singing songs which began with "Green grows..." such as " Green Grow the Rushes, O", " Green Grow the Lilacs", and various others. [6] In the United States, gringo is often used by Latino Americans to refer to Anglo Americans. [5] Sometimes it is also used by Americans to refer to themselves. [41] It is considered to be a racial slur targeted towards non-Hispanic white people but it may also refer to any person that is not Latino. [42] [43] Among the US Latino communities it may also disparagingly refer to another Latino person perceived to not be culturally Latino, e.g. inability to speak Spanish. [44] The word gringo originally referred to any kind of foreigner. It was first recorded in 1787 in the Spanish Diccionario castellano con las voces de Ciencias y Artes: [11] [12] [a] Irving L. Allen, The Language of Ethnic Conflict: Social Organization and Lexical Culture, 1983, ISBN 0-231-05557-9, p. 129

The word gringo is mostly used in rural areas following the original Spanish meaning. Gringo in Argentina was used to refer to non-Spanish European immigrants who first established agricultural colonies in the country. The word was used for Swiss, German, Polish, Italian and other immigrants, but since the Italian immigrants were the larger group, the word primarily referred to Italians in the lunfardo argot. [21] [22] It also found use in the intermittent exercise Gringo-Gaucho between Argentine Naval Aviation and US Navy aircraft carriers. Alicia Shepard stated that there is a disagreement between Hispanics and non-Hispanics about its offensiveness. [5] She argued that even though in Spanish it is defined as a neutral term and not as an insult, in English it can be interpreted as such, and should be avoided. [5] In Mexican cuisine, a gringa is a flour tortilla with al pastor pork meat with cheese, heated on a comal and optionally served with a salsa de chile (chilli sauce). Some attribute the name to the white flour used. [45] Activism [ edit ]Gringo". Dictionary.com . Retrieved 17 November 2021. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive: a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (often used facetiously).

a b c d Shepard, Alicia C. (2011-01-24). "Is The Word "Gringo" Offensive Or Just Distracting?". NPR . Retrieved 2021-09-29. Expanded "gringo" limit in Brazilian Championship". 2014-07-28. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30 . Retrieved 10 February 2015. The word being used by a fan as a synonym of "foreigner" in the Brazilian Championship. Gustavo Arellano said that the term is "technically a slur", but "its power to offend nowadays is minimal". He compared the ban on the term as an attempt to cancel aspects of Mexican culture. [41] Other uses [ edit ] Food [ edit ] Carl Franz; Lorena Havens (2012). The People's Guide to Mexico. Avalon Publishing. p.494. ISBN 9781612380490. gringo". Merriam-Webster Dictionary . Retrieved 17 November 2021. often disparaging: a foreigner in Spain or Latin America especially when of English or American origin;Rodriguez, Alejandro (13 July 2023). " "A very chilean moment": Tiktoker gringa es viral al mostrar cómo se pasan los días de lluvia en el campo chileno". Publimetro.cl . Retrieved 26 August 2023. Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1847). Travels in Peru, During the Years 1838-1842: On the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, Into the Primeval Forests. D. Bogue. p. 122. Martínez Levy, Adrián Rodrigo (2019). "Acerca de los significados del marcador adverbial dizque en el español de México: una aproximación desde el Enfoque dialógico de la argumentación y la polifonía". Pragmalinguistica (27): 155–174. doi: 10.25267/pragmalinguistica.2019.i27.08. ISSN 2445-3064. gringo - Definición - WordReference.com". www.wordreference.com (in Spanish) . Retrieved 1 December 2018. Persona nacida en Estados Unidos, en especial la de habla inglesa. Parma, Italy – MSC Cruises’ new Virtuosa has taken to the seas equipped with multiple theatres, live music spaces and entertainment rooms, with an AV crew communicating via a GREEN-GO digital communication system. Virtuosa is taking cru... Read more