单词 | gringa |
释义 | gringan. Usually derogatory. Among Spanish speakers (esp. in Hispano-America): a foreign woman, esp. one from Britain or North America. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] > white woman squaw1642 memsahib1832 inkosikazi1835 pink toe1930 gringa1956 1956 D. Mathewson Down Mexico Way i. 6 Soon some poor children from the second-class bus pointed at me and whispered ‘Gringa’. 1956 D. Mathewson Down Mexico Way i. 11 Restraining my gringa impatience once more I stood and laughed at them. 1968 C. Cintron Mem. Bullfighter ii. 70 Since they barely tolerated the idea of a gringa rejoneadora, they wouldn't even consider the possibility of an American matadora. 1977 Economist 12 Nov. 41/1 Newspapers have also made much of interviews with Uruguayan racing men who report that a tall, goodlooking blonde—‘obviously a gringa’—took photographs of Lebon and Cinzano in Uruguay in April. 1984 L. Deighton Mexico Set iii. 32 Raunchy gringas torn from American porno magazines. 1989 A. Walker Temple of my Familiar i. 4 Her mother now made her living selling her..goods to the cold little gringa blonde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1956 |
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