A Latin American person who has the physical features associated with foreigners, such as fair skin, light eyes, or blonde hair (in Peru, gringo often describes these physical traits rather than just nationality).
A white person who is poor or unkempt. It combines the words for white (blanco) and scabby (tiñoso), referencing skin conditions like ringworm that are traditionally associated with a lack of hygiene or poverty (In Peru, where white skin is often linked to higher social status, this term is used to mock white people who appear poor or dirty).
A person with light skin and blonde or light-colored hair. (In Mexico, market vendors and street sellers often use this term to address any customer as a friendly or flattering way to get their attention, regardless of their actual hair color.)
A slang term used to describe a white or very fair-skinned person. (In the Dominican Republic, it is common to use descriptive labels based on skin tone in casual social settings).
To practice racism or colorism against another black person while being black oneself (this behavior often involves a person of African descent discriminating against others with darker skin).
Look at the bouncer at that club, negreando with people who are lighter than he is.
The exact opposite of a chopo, usually referring to someone wealthy, light skinned, and well educated. It describes a spoiled kid who gets everything they want from their parents and follows specific preppy fashion trends. In street slang, it means someone who is naive or lacks street smarts. (Chopo is a derogatory Dominican term for someone perceived as low class or tacky).
A: Did you see the new guy who arrived today? B: Yeah, the blankito in the SUV? A: That is the one!
A slang term used to describe someone with light skin, fair features, or blonde hair (often used as a nickname for anyone with a lighter complexion than average).
A Dominican person who feels ashamed of being Black and uses skin bleaching cream. It also refers to a person who rejects their roots or does not love their country back. (samy sosa is a legendary Dominican baseball player whose skin drastically lightened after he retired, which led to widespread mockery and accusations that he was trying to hide his heritage).
- Hey, do you know samy sosa? - Which samy sosa? The one who turned white?
A term used in the Dominican countryside for a starchy vegetable that turns out tough, dry, or flavorless after cooking (viveres is the local term for staples like yautia, plantains, and yuca). It also describes a person who is pale, pasty, physically awkward, or unattractive.
1. Dammit, Yeileny! This damn yautia you gave me turned out JOJOTE! 2. Look Manuel, in that house there was a kid who was all fat and JOJOTE.
A light-skinned person with tightly curled, yellowish hair. (In Cuba, this describes a specific mixed-race phenotype where a person has fair skin combined with Afro-textured hair).
The child of a white person and a black person, who is not a mulatto but a Jabao.