Foreigner, I believe that tonto in Potawatomi translates as wild. The same difference as baca which is defined in Japanese as fool.
BTW, as I understand it blond women are not Nihongo, or black, or latina and if a racially neutral descriptor were to be used the woman would not be white or latino or black, right?
Urban Dictionary Sense two
A term used for Latinas who have a fairer complexion and lighter hair/eyes than their more darker Latina counterparts. It is not the same as a "gringa." It is important to note that in the spelling there is an umlaut above the letter "u" giving it a "w" sound, pronounced like "weda". Can be either derogatory or complimentary given the circumstances. The masculine form would be guero.
boy #1: Wow, she's Mexican? I would never have guessed she was with her green eyes and blonde hair. boy #2: Ya, she's just a guera. tags gringa white-girl whitey guerro guerra by guerachristina cali Mar 19, 2007 email it
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güera is best translated as "blonde woman."
ReplyDelete"Honky" is a far-fetched translation, as it has negative connotations that güera does not.
Anyone who translates güera as "honky" is tonto- stupid.
Foreigner,
ReplyDeleteI believe that tonto in Potawatomi translates as wild. The same difference as baca which is defined in Japanese as fool.
BTW, as I understand it blond women are not Nihongo, or black, or latina and if a racially neutral descriptor were to be used the woman would not be white or latino or black, right?
Urban Dictionary
Sense two
A term used for Latinas who have a fairer complexion and lighter hair/eyes than their more darker Latina counterparts. It is not the same as a "gringa." It is important to note that in the spelling there is an umlaut above the letter "u" giving it a "w" sound, pronounced like "weda". Can be either derogatory or complimentary given the circumstances. The masculine form would be guero.
boy #1: Wow, she's Mexican? I would never have guessed she was with her green eyes and blonde hair.
boy #2: Ya, she's just a guera.
tags gringa white-girl whitey guerro guerra
by guerachristina cali Mar 19, 2007 email it
Check the tags.