What (who) is gringo - definition
![A woman reading the English-language ''[[Gringo Gazette]]'' in [[Baja California Sur]], Mexico](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gringo Gazette.jpg?width=200 "A woman reading the English-language ''[[Gringo Gazette]]'' in [[Baja California Sur]], Mexico")
That gringo is crossing the border into Mexico.
Wikipedia
Gringo (, Spanish: [ˈɡɾiŋɡo], Portuguese: [ˈɡɾĩɡu]) (masculine) (or gringa (feminine)) is a term in Spanish and Portuguese for a foreigner, usually an English-speaking Anglo-American. There are differences in meaning depending on region and country. In Latin America, it is generally used to refer to non-Latin Americans. The term is often considered a pejorative in English, and in the United States its usage and offensiveness is disputed.
The word derives from the term used by the Spanish for a Greek person: griego. 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.
