gringa

American  

[gring-guh, -gah] / ˈgrɪŋ gə, -gɑ /

noun

Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a female foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).

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Sensitive Note

See gringo.

Etymology

Origin of gringa

< Spanish, feminine of gringo gringo

Example Sentences

The profa takes pride in teaching her Latino students about the treaty in classes where she’s “the only gringa in the room. I tell them, ‘Your ancestors are right here, and you should not lose their history, so go find it!’

From Los Angeles Times

I’m American and I grew up here, but I’m Colombian and when I go there they call me gringa.

From Los Angeles Times

And I find Valentina so interesting as a character because she’s so clearly “He thinks it makes me a gringa, but I don’t, and I ain’t,” and yet she actively allows these boys to hang out in her shop, and she gives them safe harbor, even though they commit incredible atrocities against her people, her community.

From Los Angeles Times

In Carmen Rivera’s “La Gringa,” a New Yorker named María Elena García thought she’d be welcome with open arms during her first visit to Puerto Rico, land of her ancestors.

From New York Times

Perhaps the only downside is that you inevitably meet fellow expats like the ones in Andrew Altschul’s new novel, “The Gringa.”

From New York Times