pocho

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Definition of pocho

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, informal, uncountable)A culturally assimilated Mexican-American.

“Both often cater to wealthy Mexicans who come to shop, although many of these Mexicans look down their noses at the pochos (assimilated Mexican Americans).”
“But the pochos needed a gesture, anything, some kind of cultural safe house in which they could rest for a while from the endless war on two fronts.”

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noun

(countable, informal, uncountable)A culturally assimilated Mexican-American.

“Both often cater to wealthy Mexicans who come to shop, although many of these Mexicans look down their noses at the pochos (assimilated Mexican Americans).”
“But the pochos needed a gesture, anything, some kind of cultural safe house in which they could rest for a while from the endless war on two fronts.”
(informal, uncountable)Spanglish

“But some among their countrymen speak pocho; the descriptive term can be translated literally as “discolored” or “faded.” When used with respect to language, pocho means a slangy mixture of Spanish and English […]”
“I especially appreciated how Villarreal changed the word pocho from a negative to a positive. The young protagonist, Richard Rubio, says, “I'm a pocho, I speak pocho, and I'm proud of it.””

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish pocho (literally “discolored, faded”).

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