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(in Latin America or Spain) A female foreigner, esp. one of U.S. or British descent

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Usage examples (26)
  • At the time, I wasn't paying much attention, because I wasn't in the market, and the gringa is now elsewhere ...
  • I have no problem with being called a gringa, I am one.
  • For some reason, I don't like being called a gringa, but it does depend on who and how it is said.
  • Chavez called Halloween a "gringa," or North American, custom.
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