pocho

American  

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

noun

Mexican Spanish: Usually Disparaging.

• pochos
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pochos
  plural

Example Sentences

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pocho pochos

“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 ● Sep. 16, 2025

But as any pocho knows, the world is a richer, more delicious place when you ditch the rules and eat without boundaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2019

We have Gustavo Arellano, whose byline you know and love from the pages of The Times, speaking in praise of pocho cuisine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2019

Ricardo Diaz is at the center of Uptown Whittier’s pocho culinary renaissance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2017

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 "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

"At home, pochos brought in their own traditions, even as they began to cook American dishes, resulting in a uniquely Mexican-American cuisine," Esparza wrote.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023

She initially talked to me in Spanish until realizing we were both pochos — Americanized Mexicans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2022