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| | Spanish For Gringos -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | ''Gringo'' (feminine, ''gringa'') is a term in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, with various related meanings, and often misunderstood by English speakers. |
 | | Original meaning: Etymologically, ''gringo'' comes from ''griego'' ("Greek"), since Greek was the proverbial example of not understandable language ("It's all Greek to me!"). |
 | | The term is a variation on the Greek word, griego, or "foreigner." Hence "esto para los labradores era hablarles en Griego o gerigonça" which mutated to gringo. |
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