WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD GRINGO.?

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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD GRINGO.?

Answer 1

<<The origin of the Spanish word is uncertain, although it is likely to have come from griego, the word for "Greek." As in English, in Spanish it has long been common to refer to an unintelligible language as Greek ("It's Greek to me," or "Habla en griego"). So over time, griego's apparent variant, gringo, came to refer to a foreign language and to foreigners in general. The first known written English use of the word was in 1849 by an explorer.

In English, the term "gringo" is often used to refer to an American or British person visiting Spain or Latin America. In Spanish-speaking countries, its use is a bit more complex with its meaning, at least its emotional meaning, depending to a great extent on its context.

Probably more often than not, gringo is a term of contempt used to refer to foreigners, especially Americans and sometimes the British. However, it can also be used with foreign friends as a term of affection, and it is also used frequently in a neutral manner. One translation sometimes given for the term is "Yankee," a term which sometimes is neutral but also which can be used contemptuously (as in "Yankee, go home!").>>

Answer 2

Corral Torres, is right. The green clothes were the green uniforms that the US Army wear,   There is also another version of the word "gringo/a" and it come from american song "Green, Green Grass of Home, that the soldiers sang while they were in foreign lands during the war.  Basically caucasian people from the USA, are the only ones called gringos, not Canada, England or any other country.

Answer 3

this is what my aunt told me...

gringo's are usually referred to as americans,

that back in the day when the army came to some spanish speaking countries,

they were getting tired of them

&& because they were wearing green

they would say "green go"

&& it ended up being spelled like that

:P lolz

Answer 4

Gringo (feminine, gringa) is a Spanish and Portuguese word used in Latin America to denote foreign Spanish- and foreign Portuguese-speakers (regardless of race), especially English-speakers from the U.S., and Canadians, Britons, Australians, and Kiwis, and some Latin Americans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo

Answer 5

In latin america, it is a foreign person (usually American). It can be insulting or not depending on how the person intends it to be taken.

So like if an American person tries to speak spanish and they sound like "Olaw, yo no awblo espanyolll" then a spanish-speaking person would say they talk like a gringo haha.

Answer 6

Green (Uncle Sam's American people, USA) go home.

Answer 7

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar...

Answer 8

It sort of means "outsider." It is used in spanish-speaking countries to refer to someone who isn't from a spanish-speaking country or who doesn't speak spanish. It usually refers to americans.