gringo
英['gr??g??]
美['gr??go]
- n. 外國佬（敵意或輕蔑用語）
詞態變化
復數:?gringos;
中文詞源
gringo 外國佬
來自拉丁美洲西班牙語。來自Greek, 引申義難懂的。
英文詞源
- gringo (n.)
- term for a European or Anglo-American, 1847, from American Spanish gringo "foreigner," from Spanish gringo "foreign speech, unintelligible talk, gibberish," perhaps ultimately from griego "Greek." The "Diccionario Castellano" (1787) says gringo was used in Malaga for "anyone who spoke Spanish badly," and in Madrid for "the Irish." Hence the American Spanish verb engringarse "to act like a foreigner."