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Even though the Mexican government didn't use racial terms related to European or white people officially for almost a century (resuming using such terms after 2010), the concepts of "white people" (known as güeros or blancos in Mexican Spanish) and of "being white" didn't disappear [64] and are still present in everyday Mexican culture ...
Mexican WhiteBoy is a 2008 novel by Matt de la Peña, published by Delacorte Press. [1] De la Peña drew on his own adolescent passion for sports [2] in developing his main character Danny, a baseball enthusiast. The novel, which is set in National City, California, uses Spanglish and has a bicultural theme.
Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Mexican slang" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total ...
“Mi’jo” is a universal Latino term of endearment. Pronounced me-ho, it’s a contraction of the words, “mi hijo” (my son). Its female counterpart is “mi’ja” (my daughter).
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Güey (Spanish pronunciation:; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. . Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman as "chava" [young woman] or "vieja" [old lady])
Cholo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for people of mixed-blood heritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states as part of castas, the informal ranking of society by heritage.
In the Spanish language, the word gabacho (F gabacha) describes foreigners of different national origins in the history of Spain.The word gabacho originated in Peninsular Spain as a derogatory term for French people and things, and in contemporary usage the term retains the initial meaning.