Pocho
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pocho is a noun meaning (informal) A culturally assimilated Mexican-American.
Meaning
(informal) A culturally assimilated Mexican-American.
More Meanings
- (informal, uncountable) Spanglish
Example Sentences
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.
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).
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.”
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 […]
Word Forms
- pochos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pachuco, pochismo, cholo, amigo, vato, chuke.
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