yanqui

English

Alternative forms
  • Yanqui

Etymology

From Spanish, in turn from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry). Dated to 1914.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjaŋkɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjæŋki/, /ˈjɑŋki/
  • Rhymes: -æŋki

Noun

yanqui (plural yanquis)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American.

References
  1. http://www.unz.org/Pub/Century-1914mar-00653

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry).

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝanki/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãŋ.ki]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃanki/ [ˈʃãŋ.ki]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒanki/ [ˈʒãŋ.ki]

  • Rhymes: -anki
  • Syllabification: yan‧qui

Noun

yanqui m or f (plural yanquis)

  1. Yankee (native or inhabitant of the U.S.)

Adjective

yanqui (plural yanquis)

  1. Yankee

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