/Sounds like "ma" (as in "mama") + "lin" (as in "lingo") + "cheese" + "ta" (as in "taco")/
Someone who prefers foreign things over their own country's culture, especially American products, music, or trends. The word comes from La Malinche, the indigenous woman who served as Hernán Cortés' translator during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and it carries a deep cultural sting of betrayal and selling out your own people.
"Eres bien malinchista, siempre comprando marcas gringas pudiendo apoyar lo mexicano. -> You're such a sellout, always buying American brands when you could support Mexican ones."
"Le dicen malinchista porque solo escucha música en inglés. -> They call him a malinchista because he only listens to music in English."
/Sounds like "ma" (as in "mama") + "lin" (as in "lingo") + "cheese" + "ta" (as in "taco")/
Someone who prefers foreign things over their own country's culture, especially American products, music, or trends. The word comes from La Malinche, the indigenous woman who served as Hernán Cortés' translator during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and it carries a deep cultural sting of betrayal and selling out your own people.
"Eres bien malinchista, siempre comprando marcas gringas pudiendo apoyar lo mexicano. -> You're such a sellout, always buying American brands when you could support Mexican ones."
"Le dicen malinchista porque solo escucha música en inglés. -> They call him a malinchista because he only listens to music in English."
Al garete
Sin rumbo, sin control o en desorden total, cuando todo se sale de control y no hay quien lo pare. Es una expresión náutica caribeña que Puerto Rico y República Dominicana adoptaron para describir el caos absoluto.