Polyglot Dictionary

gringo

/ˈɡɾĩɡu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
os gringos

Meaning

  1. foreigner, especially a non-Latin-American one, colloquial not necessarily offensive

    • Muitos gringos visitam o Rio no verão.

      Many foreigners visit Rio in the summer.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does gringo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Muitos ___ visitam o Rio no verão.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gringo?

noun

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