South Club 6,742 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Gringo are mainly used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, to refer to someone from the United States, particularly a white person. Tbh most of the time gringos is used in a derogatory or even xenophobic way but I dont see it as a offensive word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crescent 8,578 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaebaby 1,703 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinWin_at 5,484 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 No. Where i live nobody uses gringo in a bad way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShownusElectricBoy 1,061 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I don't see it as a derogatory word. I don't use it but most of the time it is used, it's not meant to be in a derogatory way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderJoyous 10,634 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 The word gringo is indeed meant to be offensive towards white Americans, but there are times where is not used in a bad way, in latin countries, many terms that are meant to be offensive are often used in a friendly way, to refer to a friend or even a family member for example. Is not that it isn't a derogatory word, is just that many things are not taken seriously in these cultures, or at least not in my culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonder woman 9,187 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Lmao, it's not a derogatory word. I can only laugh at the gringos who think it's a 'slur', like.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mei Matsumoto-removed 2,041 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Watch when they refer to blacks as "Mayate". I find that offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haowl 312 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nope i don´t find it offensive at all; also Americans have used way more offensive terms to refer to latin people. The word gringo is indeed meant to be offensive towards white Americans, but there are times where is not used in a bad way, in latin countries, many terms that are meant to be offensive are often used in a friendly way, to refer to a friend or even a family member for example. Is not that it isn't a derogatory word, is just that many things are not taken seriously in these cultures, or at least not in my culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haze 10,915 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 nah, lol it really ain't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haze 10,915 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 The word gringo is indeed meant to be offensive towards white Americans, but there are times where is not used in a bad way, in latin countries, many terms that are meant to be offensive are often used in a friendly way, to refer to a friend or even a family member for example. Is not that it isn't a derogatory word, is just that many things are not taken seriously in these cultures, or at least not in my culture. It isn't though, gringo for example is way less harmful than cracker lol. That's how less offensive it is and comes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebela 541 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nooooo, Gringo in Brazil-Portuguese is the same thing as Foreigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtingpoem 1,521 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I heard the term was born bc they were actually trying to say "Green [u.s. army men] Go [leave]" Anyways, most of the time it's not said in a derogatory way. So nah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solbi296 19 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 where i live it's borderline derogatory but we use "yanki" more often to bash americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctua 1,866 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Here (Brazil) we refer to any foreign as gringo, so... not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariVeritas 140 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sana Minatozaki 3,305 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Idk what that even means so i dont use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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