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Gringo (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n ɡ oʊ /, Spanish: [ˈɡɾiŋɡo], Portuguese: [ˈɡɾĩɡu]) (masculine) or gringa (feminine) is a term in Spanish and Portuguese for a foreigner. In Spanish, the term usually refers to English-speaking Anglo-Americans.
Originally from the Venetian language, it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world. Its dual meaning of "hello" and "goodbye" makes it similar to salām in Arabic , annyeong in Korean , aloha in Hawaiian , dorud ( bedrud ) in Persian , and chào in Vietnamese (the latter is a false cognate ; the two ...
Hola (VPN), a web and mobile application; holA, a bacterial gene; Hola Airlines, a former Spanish airline based in Palma de Mallorca, Majorca; Cyclone Hola, a strong tropical cyclone of the Pacific; Hola Mohalla, a Sikh festival; Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors, a not-for-profit, arts service and advocacy organization
Saludos Amigos (Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated [3] [4] anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Set in Latin America , it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one.
via American English from Spanish lazo meaning "tie; or rope" ultimately from Latin laqueum, "noose, snare." [16] Latino English short for the Spanish word latinoamericano, formed by latino "related to the Latin empire and language" and americano "from the Americas" llama via Spanish llama, from Quechua llama Llanos
Hola has also been proposed to have come from Arabic. [4] However, the suggested derivations from Arabic of both olé and hola are disputed and they are described by the Spanish Arabist Federico Corriente as " falsos arabismos " (false Arabisms ) in his work Diccionario de arabismos y voces afines en iberorromance .
Aloha was borrowed from the Hawaiian aloha to the English language. The Hawaiian word has evolved from the Proto-Polynesian greeting *qarofa , [ 14 ] which also meant "love, pity, or compassion". It is further thought to be evolved from Proto-Oceanic root *qarop(-i) meaning "feel pity, empathy, be sorry for", which in turn descends from Proto ...
' until the view ') is a Spanish farewell that can generally be understood as meaning "Until the (next) time we see each other" or "See you later" or "Goodbye". In 1970, Bob Hope comically delivered the "Hasta la vista, baby" saying to Raquel Welch in the beginning of their "Rocky Racoon" tribute on Raquel Welch's special Raquel .