A non Hispanic person usually Anglo/white. The word GRINGO is not from the Mexican Army calling US soldiers GREEN COATS. The US Army did not start wearing green uniforms until after 1900.
Green Coats are not American soldiers as most believe. The term Gringo was said to originate when American soldiers in Mexico would sing a song which the lyrics heard was GRINGO.
By d0c1
(derives from spanish griego, greek) Derogatory term for people from the United States. In Chile it refers to someone from the capital city, very similar to the mexican word chilango. Originally it aplied to any foreigner, as time passes it came to be a cruel synonym of yankee. Many people think that the word began during the Mexican revolition referring to the green uniform of the U. S. Marines, and mexicans yelled: "Green, go", but that is not the case, the word appeared much earlier in eighteenth century latin american and spanish literature. Its use is not exclusive to Mexicans, Now it is widely used by latin americans in general and even by europeans. Contemporary U. S. politics have brought this word to greater relevance, as the anti-gringo feeling has spread throughout the world.
Fui al centro y puro pinche gringo por todos lados. (I went downtown and found lots of bloody gringos there)
By thekingofhell
A white person. You call us Mexicans we call you Gringos simple as that.
Mira a esse gringo limpiandoze el culo. Hahahaha.
By Aztek
Term used to refer to a foreigner in a latin-american country. Can be derogatory or not, it usually is derogatory when an article is used before it (Este Gringo.) Believed to have originated from the chant "Green, Go" shouted at US soldiers during the Mexican-American war, It actually originates from the Spanish 'Griego' meaning greek. In spanish, the phrase "Hablar en Griego" or 'to speak in greek' means the same as the english "It's all greek to me." The word Gringo is an evolution of griego, which was used to describe any foreigner that had an accent that prevented them from speaking spanish; particularly the Irish.
"The Gringos are coming!"
By Pablo the Gringo
Term used by Latin Americans to talk about people born in USA and somtimes in others anglo-saxon countries. Doesnt mean white man.
hey mira !! toma esa arma y vamos a patearle el sucio culo a esos gringos hijos de perra.
By Censurado