Do you speak a little Spanish (Mexico) when you say 'gringo'?

'Gringo' is a word borrowed from Spanish (Mexico) 'gringo'. The word entered the English language some time around 1849.

gringo [noun] [1849]

• a foreigner in Spain or Latin America especially when of English or American origin
• a non-Hispanic person

See 'gringo' on the Loan Words Map

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Etymology: Spanish, alteration of 'griego' Greek, stranger, from Latin 'Graecus' Greek

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