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/Sounds like "GREEN" (as in "greet") + "gah" (as in "garden")/
An American or foreign woman with Anglo-Saxon features: fair skin, blonde or brown hair. In Latin America, gringa can be descriptive or affectionate depending on tone.
“He married a gringa he met in Cancún.”
“The gringa at the hostel speaks Spanish better than me.”
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/Sounds like "GREEN" (as in "greet") + "gah" (as in "garden")/
An American or foreign woman with Anglo-Saxon features: fair skin, blonde or brown hair. In Latin America, gringa can be descriptive or affectionate depending on tone.
“He married a gringa he met in Cancún.”
“The gringa at the hostel speaks Spanish better than me.”
Papelón
A public embarrassment big enough for everyone to witness and remember. Making a papelón means you messed up in front of an audience: forgot your speech, fell down the stairs at work, or said something completely wrong in a meeting. The shame has witnesses.