pocho

American  

[paw-chaw, poh-choh] / ˈpɔ tʃɔ, ˈpoʊ tʃoʊ /

noun

Mexican Spanish: Usually Disparaging.

plural

pochos

1. an American of Mexican parentage, especially one who has adopted U.S. customs and attitudes; an Americanized Mexican.

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Example Sentences

Paired with mimosas, it was a fun pocho brunch, Pilsen-made.

From Los Angeles Times

“I identify as pocho and there wasn’t a home for us. It was all either the mom-and-pop shops, or places that were way too modern,” Acosta said during a quiet lull one weekday.

From Los Angeles Times

Another way is the language itself, a mezclando Spanglish one narrator describes as “our pocho mix-and-match Spanish we used on our side of the river,” a language pitch-perfect with sentences like: “Whatever, ladies, right, get over it, por favor. Why would the boogeyman want your feote kids?”

From New York Times

“We wanted to be a voice for everyone — to speak for the Westsider, the Mexican, the pocho,” Ortega said.

From Los Angeles Times

After all, she had crossed into the United States twenty years before, and she had married a pocho, a man of Mexican descent born in the United States.

From Literature