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Yes. The word gringo is a Scrabble US word. The word gringo is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is gringo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gringo is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

GORING,GRINGO,

5-letter words (4 found)

GIRON,GOING,GROIN,OGGIN,

4-letter words (18 found)

GING,GIRN,GIRO,GONG,GORI,GRIG,GRIN,GROG,INGO,INRO,IRON,NOGG,NOIR,NORI,RIGG,RING,ROIN,RONG,

3-letter words (13 found)

GIG,GIN,GIO,GON,GOR,IGG,ING,ION,NOG,NOR,ORG,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,NO,OI,ON,OR,

You can make 45 words from gringo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gringo

gringo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language. Doublet of Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹɪŋɡəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

gringo (plural gringos or gringoes)

  1. (slang, often derogatory) A white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:white person

Derived terms

  • Gringoland
  • Gringolandia

Related terms

  • gringa (female)
  • gringophobia

Translations

Further reading

  • gringo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Goring, goring, orging

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gringo.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ĩɡu
  • Hyphenation: gri‧go

Noun

gringo m (plural gringos, feminine gringa, feminine plural gringas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) a foreigner, especially one from a Northern country and especially one from the United States
    Synonym: estrangeiro
  2. (Rio Grande do Sul, colloquial) someone of (more commonly) Italian or (more rarely) European descent.
    Synonym: colono

Adjective

gringo (feminine gringa, masculine plural gringos, feminine plural gringas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) foreign (from another country, especially the United States or another developed one)
  2. (Rio Grande do Sul, colloquial) someone of (more commonly) Italian or (more rarely) European descent.
    Synonym: colono

Usage notes

  • Unlike English and Spanish gringo, this Portuguese term is not inherently offensive.
  • The usage of gringo varies greatly between speakers and can have a broader meaning if compared to English and Spanish :
    • It can refer to any foreigner — uncommon usage and rarely applies to people of African or Latin American origin.
    • It refers only to Americans — also uncommon.
    • It refers to people from the Global North exclusively, especially from Northern Europe, the US and Canada — the most common use of the term.

References

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from griego (“Greek”), particularly from the phrase hablar en griego (“to speak Greek”), with a similar connotation to the English phrase it's all Greek to me. Possibly influenced by peregrino (“pilgrim”). Or else due to the ubiquity of the song Green Grow the Lilacs among the men who settled the interior of the American continent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾinɡo/ [ˈɡɾĩŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Syllabification: grin‧go

Noun

gringo m (plural gringos, feminine gringa, feminine plural gringas)

  1. (sometimes derogatory, Latin America) a fair-skinned foreigner whose native language is not Spanish
    Synonyms: (Spain, Mexico) gabacho, (Spain) guiri
  2. (sometimes derogatory, Latin America) an American (a person from the United States), especially a white American.
    Coordinate terms: angloamericano, estadounidense, norteamericano

Derived terms

  • agringar
  • gringo de agua juca (Honduras)
  • Gringolandia, gringolandia f
  • Gringotenango
  • gringuera f (Honduras)

Descendants

  • → English: gringo
  • → Portuguese: gringo

See also

  • chele (Honduras)
  • cholo
  • grencho (Honduras)
  • güero
  • pocho
  • guiri

Further reading

  • “gringo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Comprehensive etymology tracing it to before the Mexican-American war

Swedish

Noun

gringo c

  1. a gringo

Declension

References

  • gringo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • gringo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org