Why do Mexicans say Gringo?

[@springspanish]

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[@gladlad6040]

Gringo

[@TheSpirit3333]

There are many Spanish speakers who have white skin and many dark skinned people who don’t speak Spanish. So it’s interesting and highly inaccurate to bring color into it

[@TechieTard]

I don't know how I ended up on this page while I was looking for a mathematical formula. The title got my attention and I wondered if it would match what my abuela and my wifes abuelo said. According to them, and this is first hand knowledge from their part. My granmother was 102 and my wifes grandpa was 87. They grew up 'knowing' through their grandparents and parents that the word Gringo came from some marching song that the soldiers would sing during a march. The didn't know what it meant, but they were told that was the catchy part of the song. Instead of them saying, their come the soldiers, they would say, Ahi vienen los Grin Gos/There come the Green Goe's. I having lived in and out of Mexico and having been around the different regions believe all of them to be true. It would depend on that regions interpretation and available education. Funny enough, it was my wifes granpa that would be humming something when I'd go help him in the fields during our stays in Mexico. Me having a knack for history knew I had heard the rythm before. It literally took me until his passing to find the song he was humming (en paz descanse viejo 🥲). It was unmistakably rhythmic as this one = IT WENT JUST LIKE THIS! "green GROW the rushes OH".

[@SpanishandGo]

3:01 "Esos pinches gringos" translated to "those poor gringos." I see what you guys did there. 😂 -Jim

[@SpanishandGo]

@María Fernanda from Spring Spanish 😆 ¡Un saludo!

[@karmafantasma9663]

🙄 sí, hay palabras que no tienen traducción literal, pero andar inventando traducciones puede confundir a gente que quiere aprender jerga

[@cockedandlocked9765]

Pinche doesn't mean poor, he was saying "those f'n white people. Not very polite on his part but mexicans use that word a lot. Pinche is equivalent to the f word in English

[@JuanMoreno-wo5yb]

@@cockedandlocked9765 True... I never use it... I hear it now, but when I first listened to Spanish speakers I didn't ever notice it. I do not want some words in my Spanish vocabulary.

[@fbnmndz]

@@cockedandlocked9765 pinche is closer to damn than to fuck, fuck would be like saying chinga.

[@fraa888grindr6]

Blue was worn by US Army during most of 19th century (1810-1890) Khaki was adopted in 1902 by US Army following the Spanish American War (1898) because those soldiers had worn Khaki and were successful; the color was worn in WWI (1917-18) also. Olive drab and brown were adopted by US Army and worn in WWII (1941) Green was adopted by US Army following the Korean War (1954) and has remained in service until only recently. The "Green Go Home" is a complete myth, as at no time during the 19th century did American military ever wear green.

[@kamron_thurmond]

It's all about tone😀🙃😑😲🤢😡; when someone says gringo. If it sounds offensive or not.

[@springspanish]

Agreed!

[@alexcidjavillonar7973]

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[@TuyetPham-lt9fm]

Hello

[@Frodojack]

The first time the word "Gringo" was used in English was in the title of a book called "Los Gringos: or, An inside view of Mexico and California, with wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia" by H.A. Wise and published in 1849. It definitely comes from the word "Griego." In English we say, "It's Greek to me" when something is very complicated. It's similar to "Que barbaridad!" common in Mexico. The Romans called ancient European tribes "barbarians' because they seemed primitive to them, but before that they called the tribes of North Africa barbarians because to them their language sounded like nonsense "bar bar bar." Today those original "barbarians" are Berbers, the indigenous people of Libya, Tunisia and Morocco. Edit: I found an earlier example of "Gringo" in the New York Observer in 1848, and another even earlier - from 1825 - in The Morning Chronicle from London, England.

[@davidday2373]

Anything specific in the text that points to "griego"/"greek"? To me, it's a stretch... the two sounds are too dissimilar.

[@yourpadre10]

Nothing to see gringo comes from the Mexican-American war 🇲🇽🔥🇺🇲

[@boogiewithstu5185]

If you really put that much work into a KZbin comment section I'd say ya might want to get a job as an editor. Well that's my opinion. Good day.😎

[@theknightswhosay]

1825 would disprove the “green go” theory.

[@jamesfreese4700]

Very good comments on Gringo!!!!

[@noelsharrokin7095]

The story of what I've heard is the following: there was a group of USA army wearing green uniforms that was captured by the Mexican army. They were transported with a bus to the prison. After they arrived on the prison, they had to run fast between the bus and the door of the prison cause they had a very short time to empty the bus or else they would get shut. So the Mexican army group were yelling at the Americans "you green go, green go, go, go, green go, go" and from that day they were calling the Americans "Los gringos"

[@ElLimondelasDreamNote]

Interesante

[@InfoLunix]

LoL 😆 😂

[@alexisgarcia9452]

People of US Are not “Americans”,Americans are all the people of the continent

[@GLedesma]

I stood in front of a painting that depicted a battle during the Mexican-American War, and I noticed that the US army members wore BLUE uniforms. While I understand that this may just be the interpretation of the artist that painted it. It leads me to believe that there were no green uniforms used by the army prior to 1926

[@arnulfo267]

Did you even watch the video? That story is fake. That's not how the word Gringo originated. The word Gringo came from Spain and it meant "foreigner".

[@ericktellez7632]

The story of the uniforms is just false, the US army used blue navy color for their uniforms in the rangers and army not green

[@fleiva30]

It’s very true.. during the Mexican American war northern towns told the Gringos to go home.. Green go..to go back to their land..!!

[@drewb.5419]

Hahaha the best part is the dude that says “pinche gringos” then the subtitles in English read, “those poor gringos”😂😂 as if what he was really saying wasn’t, “those fucking white people”!! That had me rolling !😭😂🤣🤣

[@saidjogo]

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[@southernpaths2986]

Same here! I like Ford Quarterman’s channel… he bills himself as “el pinche gringo”.

[@fgsf9]

I love english word etymology.....learning spanish etymology now.....awesome video💯💯

[@vonpilcher3900]

I also heard the story of the word "Chilango" (someone from Mexico City) also comes from the U.S. Mexican war, where the U.S. Soldiers would call at the Mexicans, "Chile, go!" because they used chile so much. Probably another urban legend.

[@yourpadre10]

gringo comes from the Mexican-American war 🇲🇽🔥🇺🇲

[@BrazilYesh]

No it doesn’t. It originates from Spain

[@TuyetPham-lt9fm]

Hello

[@nicedog1]

I thought it came from old cowboy movies when they are fighting Mexican bandits. ‘Hey greengo!!!’ However, I’ve heard Colombians refer to us as gringos so no tengo idea. Da igual. No importa.

[@springspanish]

☺️ Lots of stories behind the word! There's even a restaurant in Mexico City that has the word gringo in it 😯. The founder is from... Yes, the U.S.!

[@nicedog1]

@@springspanish l like being called a gringo. I find it funny.

[@springspanish]

😊 Nice! Why do you find it funny, though?

[@nicedog1]

@@springspanish Because it reminds me of the old movies. I see it as a term of endearment but it probably wasn’t meant to be originally.

[@springspanish]

😮 That's an interesting view of things!

[@NikephorosCaesar]

US military didn’t dress in green tho until like the next century

[@christophermiller4034]

Very helpful and informational! Thank You!

[@PANIC87]

Gringo is used in a mean manner especially towards whites so much that, it’s offensive to a lot of people. Usually one is saying that word when making fun of someone while snickering. 😏

[@naomistarlight6178]

Yeah but you usually hear it among locals in touristy Latin American places making fun of the tourists and like, fair...

[@yourpadre10]

@@naomistarlight6178 LATINOaMeRiCa🤢 ..... Nothing to see, the word came up in the Mexican-American war 🇲🇽🔥🇺🇲

[@luciraldosilva1992]

No, only white people with blonde hair and blue eyes

[@davidgutierrez294]

Pancho Villa was the first one to use the word Gringo This was told to me by my father who said that it was told to him by his father and it was because when Villa invaded the USA in Columbus New Mexico the US sent soldiers to capture Villa but it was Villa who captured them and when he first saw them they were riding on military green motorcycles and Pancho Villa said they look like their riding on Green Goats This is the true origin of the word Gringo (Green Goat)

[@alexisgarcia9452]

“Mexican Civil War” to refer to the invasion o US?🤨

[@RDEDE]

Eso si esta mero raro. Quien diria de que ahi viene esa palabra.

[@deepgardening]

Dunno- I learned the song "Green Grow the Lilacs" cuando fui nino, from records and in school. It's about being away from home, being homesick. I read that the song was first popular around the time of the wars that cost Mexico el Norte- Texas, Nuevo Mexico, Arizona and California. Claro que si there were soldiers singing the song. A few units wore green uniforms, but quien sabe? ( and there were even Irishmen in the war, once I was even in San Patricio for St. Patrick's day! Que festival! ) When I headed south with no time limit I carried a guidebook titled "Along the Gringo Trail", and most travelers who spoke English called each other "gringo" without insult. Nor did anyone feel insulted, except when it was spat out (deservedly) as "pinches gringos!" BTW, I have done my best to learn the (claves?) keystrokes that will give my text the Castillano look, but to no avail.

[@jameslimper2258]

Back in the 1970s a mexican friend told us it came from "Green grows the grass on the other side of the border". The song you describe sounds similar.

[@zeigbert1743]

Thanks to the movie American Me I've always been curious about oralé.

[@joeshmoe8952]

Most Mexicans I know say Gabacho or Gabacha, not gringo.

[@sinaloense5798]

we say gringo , we started the word , just like que ''ONDA'', NOW ALL LATIN AMERICA USED IT

[@joeshmoe8952]

@@sinaloense5798 Not in Southern California, nobody uses the word gringo over here. Only the white people.

[@alienlatino2945]

Gringo is also a chompi-pollo in Centra America, a chompi-pollo is a tall, leggy hen/chicken with white feathers. Some people say that's where the word came from, because Americans/Europeans were taller and whiter than Hispanics.

[@luciraldosilva1992]

No, it's only referred to whites with blonde hair and blue eyes, a white person with dark hair isnt rare in Argentina

[@mannyporras2660]

What Aztec words used in the Mexican Spanish language?

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Los Canadienses no son gringos - ellos son codos.

[@jucamovi1992]

Mexicans?! All Latin America call USA citizens gringos. It’s a word that everybody uses here.

[@misas_audios]

is it supposed to be offensive? or is it just a joking word-

[@billnunez4887]

calling someone is very racist

[@omegaxxzmega8266]

"Americans" call mexicans people from bolivia.

[@ZNGL01]

Ñ

[@TuyetPham-lt9fm]

Hello

[@positivepositive5046]

Interesting

[@Tbonner0818]

Gringo (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ /, Spanish: [ˈɡɾiŋɡo], Portuguese: [ˈɡɾĩɡu]) (masculine) (or gringa (feminine)) is a sometimes derogatory term or slur [under discussion as of December 2021] in Spanish and Portuguese for a foreigner, usually an English-speaking American of European descent. There are differences in meaning depending on region and country.

[@InfoLunix]

It's not a slur bruh!!!! 🥴🥴

[@JuanMoreno-wo5yb]

güero

[@deesliim1328]

I thought it was used towards american white men.. because i work with a bunch of Hispanics and when they’re looking for our supervisor they say gringo but they never refer to the blacks as gringos. Well atleast from my experience

[@theknightswhosay]

Some people do think it means white, but I’ve seen Dominicans use the word about black Americans. It’s safer than some other Spanish words.

[@الصادقعبدالشافع-ح6ث]

Great vidio

[@balatas07]

Nah! A word can have a different meaning in different countries in the world and by coincidence can be written in the same form and can have the same pronoudiation but the meaning. It has no logic to me what your saying about the word Gringo coming from Greece just because you read on Google or anywhere else.In the 1800s to about 1970s in Mexico word Gringo was used referring to a person from the USA only. In Mexico there where French people,Spaniards,Belgians and not Gringos just because they were White people.

[@evlnachoz9814]

Green alien

[@awa_iwa]

Why do a lot of Mexicans say way

[@Niva20011]

Cheeck and Chong

[@faustinogomez4840]

Si alguien desea profundizar más en la palabra 'Gringo', puede ver en Wikipedia : es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo .

[@MentalMickey999]

Beautiful and intelligent 😀😀😀

[@karmafantasma9663]

OK, hasta donde porqué del origen, búsqueda interesante. Pero respecto a quiénes se les dice "gringos" ya choreando o medio inventando, lejos de definiciones en México (he vivido cuarenta años aquí) cualquiera simplemente le llama gringo a cualquier persona de los Estados Unidos de América, o gabacho, o gringo, y no tiene como que algún origen o parecido con cualquier otra palabra conocido por la gente común, sólo se usa y ya. Claro, podría ser, por ejemplo, canadiense, pero pasa igual en México, habla inglés y así y supone uno que es, o sea, de allá del gabacho, gringo. Y, como afirmación a lo que bien se dice en este video, no, no es una palabra despectiva o grosera, mucho menos racista. Mucha crema a los tacos en este video, en mi opinión. Me salió de casualidad, y no me gustó el estilo así que no veré más. Suerte. 🙄

[@fickyrisher]

I'm English, I was looking for the origins of this word because I was intrigued as I personally am not offended it's just a label, but I did wonder if it was a racial slur and even if it was is still found the term to be kind of cool?

[@pacmandeacero417]

Y que si lo es? Vas a llorar? XdddDDDdDDDdadD

[@fickyrisher]

​@@pacmandeacero417 No, the complete opposite :0

[@MeanApollo]

I bet you get fake outraged when the english call foreigners in a demeaning way.

[@fickyrisher]

@@MeanApollo There's a line that isn't there, it's an ever-shifting line dictated by social meems, but yes when I hear racial abuse it does upset me, not rage, but a genuine feeling of repulsion. I am just interested in different cultures and societies and how humans have developed. Right now, modern language is undergoing a big shift due to technology and racial acceptance and cultural mergers are part of that process.

[@heatherfeather1293]

One of my Latina friends says it just means "white person." I've always heard it used in a pejorative way against white people from the US. But it's interesting to hear the theories of how it started.

[@angieluz7758]

nah, se les dice de cariño a los estadunidenses xd, aunque depende del tono de voz porque a veces puede ser odio.

[@liquidsnake6879]

False as there are white people in Mexico who would not be classified as gringos lol American people generally forget that Latin America has white people too lol as far as it being pejorative i mean it probably is and it would probably be nicer to refer to people as "Americans" or "Canadians" or "norte americanos" rather than gringos, but because it's never really been an issue people keep using it, but i have no doubts that it's origins are probably military and pejorative like how the Americans used to call the Japanese "japs"

[@sobreinquisidor]

It is definitely not pejorative per ser. It depends on the context

[@theknightswhosay]

It definitely doesn’t mean a white Spanish-speaking Mexican.

[@TechieTard]

It's used loosely, and regionally it will carry a different weight. In general, they do refer to whites from the USA. However, sometimes, even if you're Latina/o and you're born in the US they will call you a gringo. Even more likely, if you're Latino/Latina and you don't speak spanish you aren't even seen as Mexican and even more so a gringo.

[@flip1sba]

Latin America - Gringo Japan - Gaijin HK - Gweilo Thailand - Farang

[@theknightswhosay]

Gweilo is much of China, not just HK

[@flip1sba]

@@theknightswhosay I more heard the term in HK.

[@theknightswhosay]

@@flip1sba I’m sure it varies by region. Also, there is a lot of occasion to use it in HK, just like gringo is used more where more white foreigners are.

[@jerrymosso3380]

This was interesting and informative, cant wait to research more.

[@ricardouriostegui2739]

Decimos "gringos", como expresión informal, porque no hay un gentilicio adecuado para esa nacionalidad. Y no, no es por esa tontería de "green go", sino por la antiquísima deformación de "griego"

[@xperiagalvez2398]

Interesting

[@billnunez4887]

calling someone a gringo is very disrespectful

[@ZNGL01]

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[@Ulbre]

I googled "Is a Mexican jail a good place to learn Spanish?". This video came up first!!!!!

[@Roughneck8]

Slur

[@nyskabar]

im white and i know it means white boy

[@theknightswhosay]

It’s not used for white Mexicans, only white foreigners.

[@sonicmiku3009]

But anyperson can wear the color green i just dont understand why it has to be toward white people in general when the population has other decendents of other european cultures besides the british.

[@somewhereinsouthamerica5829]

I want to know what the origin of the word "guey". I know this word can be used in many different ways (no pun intended).

[@springspanish]

That's an interesting idea! We'll consider it!

[@faustinogomez4840]

Se debe escribir la letra 'u' con diéresis: "güey", como en las palabras: "pingüino" 🐧 "güero/güera", "cigüeña". (*) Para más ➕ ejemplos: gramatica.celeberrima.com/35-ejemplos-palabras-con-dieresis/

[@karmafantasma9663]

As a mexican, I think no one really knows. I mean, I hear people from Spain, and they use the language so different from the American countries, they speak it properly, so accurate (in general of course), like using some words we don't even understand here, but they use them like naturally from a person that wants to express something in its natural tongue, -haha, don't mean to be confusing, but this is not like my main topic-, and in that same way, I think, we kinda invent or form some words, just by the phonetics, I also think that languages or accents are like fruits in a way, they're the products of the environment of an specific area, like religions, but that's another topic. And then, there's this modern world, where the languages and uses culturally forged by centuries are all mixed, and corrupted.

[@karmafantasma9663]

Actually, it's been so many years that we all text it "wey", it's rare to see "güey" written. Maybe in a casual story book could read "güey" like 'correctly' written. But in messaging, or even written with spray can on a wall in the street it's "wey". Me entiendes wey? Jaja ✌🏿👍🏿

[@Aaron-hr5bb]

The "habla griego" explanation is the one I heard from my linguistics professor from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. So I think you're in good company Maria Fernanda. When my friends come to visit they usually just tell the guardia at the caseta de seguridad that they are coming to visit the gringos.

[@ThemexicanGoverment]

Cringo Is not a racecial Slur In the Mexican American War the Americans used Green *Goats Green Goat Cringo* the Mexicas Didn't know how to pronounce it so they kept It and that's How they Call American People over the Years Or it could be Because the Mexican People Said *Green Go Home*

[@PaulMuzik]

Let me put this history teacher straight .... Gringo is a term used for the Irish Soldiers who fought for Mexico in the Mexico and USA war. Irish men who fought to keep Mexico a country.

[@ezeldaweazel]

Don't believe the hype...extranjero is foreigner. Gringo is a specific type of foreigner who doesn't speak spanish or know the culture and will be considered an outsider. It is absolutely offensive but people want to redeem it and redefine it.

[@bellanegrin3915]

My family was from Cuba. I was born in the USA, as we're my sisters and brother. I speak very little Spanish for a variety of reasons for which I will not get into right now. But my mother used to get so angry when someone would refer to any Latino as Hispanic. Where did this word come from?

[@elijacobschbergfeldmanstei6926]

"Hispanic" is a linguistic term that very often is used as an ethnic and/or racial term. "Hispanic" refers to anything related to Spanish-speaking, as the word "Hispanic" derives ultimately from the word "Spain." You can find related words such as; Hispaniola, Hispana, etc. The Latin for Spain was "hispāna."

[@theknightswhosay]

It makes more sense than Latino.

[@moonchildwithlove]

Is Spanish from spain or real native mexican language 😂 that means Spanish langue is a gringo language too

[@ObelJoeTV]

The story goes that when the US Military went into northern Mexico to capture Pancho Villa, the revolutionaries were hiding in the mountains and they would hear the soldiers yell " Green, Go!" to move forward.

[@darthmcgrath8736]

Learn, why we use code... in conversasiong.... Culture and languages... "Gringo" translate a Caucasian man that deliver food/letters/notes/drugs/firearm/bomb/spare parts/machinery/engine parts/ etc. For a simple explanation "gringo" = Postman

[@matthewheald8964]

In Portuguese, “gringo” has a similar meaning to that which you mentioned & it’s not even taken to refer to just Americans as the Spanish equivalent is (not saying it’s necessarily right, but in day to day speach, I’ve mostly heard the term used to refer to US Americans); it really just means any person who doesn’t speak Portuguese. Since words usually get more specific with time & seldom less, it’s more likely that its Spanish association with Americans is a product of heavy American influence in Latin America over the last century. Thanks for the video.

[@magnusb6311]

It seems to be used different. In Ecuador, it is used for anyone now Ecuadorian but mainly anyone looking white. In Puebla Mexico, nobody call me Gringo, I am a Viking from Sweden, they tell me that gringo the only use for Americans and will tell me the green go story. And that I look different, stand different, walk different and act different than Americans.

[@martinlopez4540]

Comenzo cuando vinieron los soldados de usa a buscar a pancho villa y cuando preguntaban donde esta villa les contestaban green go

[@GaspardDuMaurierEsq]

I think every country should have an offensive name for Americans.

[@martinrodas5812]

Vine acá por la canción "frijolero de Molotov" 😂😅

[@michaelerway5207]

The American army didn’t wear green till after the 1900s. They wore blue uniforms before then.

[@geraldarnoult]

The U.S. invaded Mexico in 1917 lead by (General pershing) looking for Poncho villa never found him so there's the green

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

@@geraldarnoult yes but im pretty sure the term gringo is older than 1917

[@sinaloense5798]

@@m.j.vazquez4720 According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use in English comes from John Woodhouse Audubon's Western Journal of 1849-1850, in which Audubon reports that his party was hooted and shouted at and called "Gringoes" while passing through the town of Cerro Gordo, Veracruz. MEXICO

[@theknightswhosay]

@@geraldarnoult they didn’t wear green then either.

[@alexvalenciacaligrafchinayjap]

Vaya... jejeje estuve engañado todos estos años XD ¡Gracias por sacarme de la duda! :D

[@springspanish]

🤣 ¡Son demasiados mitos en torno a la palabra gringo! ¿La usan en El Salvador?

[@alexvalenciacaligrafchinayjap]

@@springspanish síiii. Es común esa palabra. Aquí la gente usa más "gringo", luego con mucha menor frecuencia, se usa "americano". Creo que dos o tres personas en el país usan "estadounidense" en su habla cotidiana: esta última palabra es usada en libros, revistas y noticieros.

[@springspanish]

😮 ¡En México es casi igual! Pero cada vez es más la gente que prefiere no decir "americano" porque creen que debe cambiar la idea de América como un país.

[@alexvalenciacaligrafchinayjap]

@@springspanish Lo bueno del internet ha sido, entre otras cosas, la difusión de correcciones como ésa: americanos somos todos los que habitamos en el continente. Ya hay muchos que hacen chiste llamando al Capitán América, el "Capitán Estados Unidos" XD Hay una youtuber estadounidense, que vivió muchos años en México, llamada Holly, quien en su canal tiene un video llamado "Mi país no tiene nombre" y habla sobre el tema de decir "americano" o "gringo"

[@springspanish]

🤩 ¡Holly hace videos muy buenos! Quizás hagamos una colaboración con ella. 🤩

[@lunabarbara2092]

Jajaja qué hago viendo esto si hablo español xdd

[@geraldarnoult]

Here's my take on the word (Gringo), the U.S. has invaded just about every country on earth, to influence there politics, access there resources and impose there will through proxies, many an island and countries was stolen by the U.S. and still today they exist, seems how the Mexicans associate the word gringo, with green, probably for the 1917 invasion of Mexico, lead by (General Pershing) they never found Pocho villa in Mexico and the Mexican people wanted them to leave hence, the word G R E E N-GO Gringo, I don't know how Greek could have anything to do with it, I think the army green did and the word stuck, to me, its makes more sense, after the U.S. stole half of Mexico as a pretense they bought it, they have invaded Mexico a few times after, those days are over, especially considering there 2 other military superpowers, China and Russia and they have a lot more then Many Americans think, there's no way in hell Mexico would allow themselves to be ruled by any country, Mexico is not the 3rd world

[@uptonsavoie]

But come on, Monsieur Arnoult, tell us how you really feel about the US.

[@geraldarnoult]

@@uptonsavoie Not a problem, do have a problem with misinformation, slander reported exaggeration and lies, politics and racism

[@geraldarnoult]

@@uptonsavoie the word Gringo is just slang, don't mean necessarily a bad word, it depends how its used and in what context and it don't mean just a blond headed blue eyed Anglo, can be used for any North American, its like calling a Mexican wedo (not sure of the spelling) a light skin Mexican, white or Rubio, an American of Mexican ancestry can be called a pocho, not necessarily a bad word, depends in what context used, calling a Mexican or a Mexican American ancestry (Chicano) a beaner is offensive

[@uptonsavoie]

@@geraldarnoult I have a problem with all of those too. Most of them can be laid at the doors of (some) politicians and (most) media. I believed what those folks said about Vietnam until I went there and saw how the truth can be twisted.

[@uptonsavoie]

@@geraldarnoult About those slang words--I'm glad to say that I have not heard most of them. Most Mexicans I have met have been good people. One of my daughters has married a Colombian-American, and a finer man you'll never meet.

[@alexisgarcia9452]

Le dice “Guerra civil Mexicana” a la invasión gringa?🤨

[@zendo6851]

Green-go.

[@henhaooahneh]

In 16th century Madrid was the capital of the world and it was full of artists, mainly painters from Italy and Greece working in cathedrals and palaces, Italians were understood but Greeks didn't, and Greek speaker (as in English, probably took from Spanish) became the word to define a foreigner who doesn't speak your language.

[@JuanMoreno-wo5yb]

😁

[@Munromad]

Here in Australia there's a saying used when somebody reads something difficult to understand, and it makes no sense to them. If someone was to ask them, "what does it say?"... a common response is "I have no idea.. it's all Greek to me". Sounds like a very similar thing to the origin of Gringo in that they refer to something difficult to understand as 'Greek".

[@anneli1735]

🤔 „Gringo“ is called a person not speaking Spanish - don’t know of any foreigner coming to Mexico with the intention of living here even imagining the question „do I really have to learn Spanish?“ but the US Americans 😉 maybe that’s why THEY are called „Gringo“ 😆

[@theknightswhosay]

“Where does this word comes from” I don’t know why that’s so hard for Spanish speakers. The word “does” should make it easier because you don’t have to conjugate the actual verb. It’s like for me “voy” makes it so I don’t have to worry about future tense. I always forget past and get stuck though.

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

1- the uniform theory is pretty easily debunked since in the 1800s the US uniforms were blue 2- i heard it was developed because a common song sung by US soldiers at the time was " where the green grass grows"

[@naomistarlight6178]

I like to think it means "greek" so I can dress in like a Greek costume all the time not like real history but like, 300's depiction of Spartans, that kind of costume...

[@CoachAdamRuns]

Qual es la historia de la palabra CHIDO... jejeje

[@piketero50]

The right is the soldiers use to sing the song green goes song so when mexican hear they singing they said greengos are coming that the right history

[@pittypat9220]

It’s slang for none Spanish Or foreigner who is not Spanish that’s what it means it’s a Greek word

[@leeholden13]

Tengo un amigo de San Salvador que me dijo que cuando visita a sus familiares en Brasil, lo consideran un gringo. Allí solo significa extranjero.

[@maryjanerx]

👍 i love learning about mexico

[@JONNYHOTROD]

Ok as a gringo i wont be offended……cos im a gringo!!!!

[@cristyarias707]

Increíble

[@springspanish]

😊 ¡Gracias!

[@xum3165]

Finally, now I can understand why the Mexican guys in those cowboy movies my great uncle watch call cowboys gringos.

[@sinaloense5798]

yes , we started vaquero too or cowboy

[@davidday2373]

No. Gringo es Estadunidense.

[@faratqm]

As a latin person, i love to call english people gringos. Some of them get soo mad lol

[@Roughneck8]

Don't be mad when something racially charged happens to you then, as you've added to the division in this world. You're creating racists.

[@joecook5689]

I looked this up to see if it was an insult word.

[@Blk5OO]

Gringo

[@ZNGL01]

Ñ

[@mormech]

why te gustan, not te gusta?

[@springspanish]

Because it’s the plural. Check out our video about the verb Gustar here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa4oqppqbSqhck

[@theknightswhosay]

It depends on what is doing the pleasing, not who is pleased.

[@grahamjonesfamily1634]

It a racist comment and people should be ashamed of themselves for saying it

[@springspanish]

It might be used in a racist way, just like any other word. It depends on context and intention. ☺️ There's a restaurant in Mexico City whose name has the word 'gringo' in it, and it's a restaurant established and run by a U.S. expat.

[@othila9902]

Gringo

[@ZNGL01]

Ñ

[@paulbrooks9546]

Ay mucho gusto por nos Gringos y Gringas, estilo aprendan Latin Español, los por cierto correcta al llamó os foreineros esta nombre porque los No un palabra que es mal, justa e titulo tan no nativo hablanero de ambos sexos. Toma cuidate Maestra y Vive Longre y Prosperó!