Gringos!

 

 

Gringo (feminine, gringa) is a Spanish and Portuguese word used in Latin America to generally denote people from the United States, but in some cases it is also used to denote foreign non-native speakers of Spanish (physical appearance i.e. race often plays a role), usually from northern Europe or Canada--especially English-speakers.[1] Anglophones may consider the word pejorative, and dictionaries such as the American Heritage Dictionary classify gringo as "offensive slang," "usually disparaging," and "often disparaging."[2] However, Hispanophones disagree on whether or not gringo is derogatory; it is not considered as such by the authoritative Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española.

 

 

 

In the same sense, Gringo in Spanish (pronounced Green-Gow) sounds like a Texan cowboy speaking english to Spanish ears: strange. Besides, the archetype of a strange sounding language in Spanish is greek, and there are several sayings that describe that language as weirdly pronounced. So the derivation of "green-gow" from "greek" seems likely.

 

 

 

 

Notice the meaning number 7. It says, language that's impossible to understand.

 

 

(Foreigner, particularly english speaker and in general a speaker of a non-spanish language)

 

 

 

 

(American)

 

 

 

(Russian)

 

 

 

 

Even more, others think Spain and the Catholic church should return the mountain of silver that was Potosi, and that help to finance Europe and to build the Vatican.