gringo:
(plural: ‘gringos‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘g’ in this word rhyme with the letter ‘g’ in the word “garden”)
(an insulting term) a foreigner, especially a person from England or the USA in Spanish speaking or Latin American countries,
a family of gringos on a beach in Jamica
Mike is very serious about learning Spanish because he’s going to Brazil on a business trip and he wants to look less like a gringo there.
Some authorities say that gringo is a normal word just like any other word used for a foreigner but some others say that it’s an insulting term and should not be used in formal situations.
As the Americans have illegal immigration problems with Latinos, the Latinos also have business competition problems with the gringos.
Most countries in Latin America are ambivalent of the influx of gringos: one the one hand, they welcome the money they get from the gringos visiting their countries, and on the other hand, they despise the brazen attitude that, they worry, pollutes their young generation!
