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pocho.

A Mexican-American, especially one regarded by Mexicans as being assimilated into mainstream American culture, often implying limited to no fluency in Spanish and disconnection from Mexican culture.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A Mexican-American, especially one regarded by Mexicans as being assimilated into mainstream American culture, often implying limited to no fluency in Spanish and disconnection from Mexican culture.

    countable · derogatory · informal · often · uncountable
  2. Spanglish

    informal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.