gringo
noun
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (often used facetiously).
gringos
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pluralof gringo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As much of Europe and Asia shut their doors to Americans in 2020, Mexico, which adopted few COVID-19 restrictions, was one of the few places where gringos were welcome.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
“Finally, it was time to show that I could also do my songs, and that’s when the gringos contacted me through my internet pages,” Carballo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
In Mexico, the inside joke is to tell gringos that the “mole” sauce on their chicken is made from chocolate and not the real ingredient, blended Mexican mole lizards.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018
In a typical year in the 1980s, American authorities recorded dozens of missing gringos in the region, none of them likely to turn up in a morgue.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2014
All at once a spurt of dust sprang up not far from one of the gringos, followed by a whining sound.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
